Ingredients
Everything you'll need to make this recipe
1
3 organic or unwaxed oranges (Sevilles are good)
2
90 g caster sugar (twice)
3
220 ml water (twice)
Instructions
Step-by-step guide to making this recipe
1
Peel just the skin of the washed, dried orange with a potato peeler (include only skin, no white pith).
2
Boil the peels in a syrup made from the sugar and water for 5 minutes. Remove peels from syrup.
5 minutes
3
Dry peels on a wire rack for 4 hours.
4 hours
4
Boil peels again in a fresh syrup. Dry again on the wire rack until brittle (about 48 hours).
48 hours
5
Grind in a clean coffee grinder and store in a sealed container.
Notes
- •Using a fan oven set on the lowest setting (100 °C) with the door slightly ajar to allow free passage of air will dry the peel in under 8 hours.