2 quick recipes for candied tangerine peels at home
Most fruits are peeled before use, which is most often discarded inadvertently. So why not please the household with delicious candied tangerine peels prepared at home, the recipes for which are given below? They are made like sunshine citrus flavored gummies.
Features of cooking candied tangerine
Since most of the cooking process for candied fruits involves simmering tangerine peels in gentle syrup, keep in mind that boiling sugar can easily boil over and cause severe burns. Therefore, for this purpose, a saucepan should be used that can hold three times more liquid than necessary to prevent the syrup from boiling.
To add some piquancy to the delicacy, you can add your favorite spice to the sugar syrup. This can be cinnamon stick, vanilla, anise, cardamom, or cloves. Also, ready-made products can be dipped in melted chocolate and frozen before serving.
When drying candied tangerine crusts, choose an area with good air circulation.
Before laying out the sweet slices, the grid is lightly oiled with vegetable oil, and a tray with parchment or wax paper is placed under it to collect drops. Properly prepared candied fruits should not stick together and resemble jam during storage.
Preparing the main component
To get a tasty and juicy treat, you need to choose organic and non-waxed fruits, excluding overripe, unripe, wrinkled or fruits with obvious signs of skin damage. Citrus fruits selected for cooking are washed well under running water, after which the crust is carefully removed from them along with a white layer, which is cut into strips, squares, rhombuses or other figures.
After washing and slicing, the tangerine peels are kept in cool water for 2 to 3 days, with a periodic change of liquid, to swell and remove bitterness.
If you want to wait for it for a long time, you can put the cut slices in a saucepan and cover with lightly salted water.
Bring to a boil and cook for two minutes. This helps remove existing bitterness from the white portion of the rind. After removing from the heat, semi-finished products are thoroughly washed to remove traces of salt.
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Of course, the process of preparing candied products will take the hostess's personal time, but, in the end, you will get a 100% natural delicacy, without the use of dyes and other harmful substances.
Classic recipe
To prepare candied fruits, you will need a kilogram of prepared tangerine peel. If the amount of the semi-finished product is taken less, you need to reduce the amount of the remaining components in equal proportions.
The prepared crusts are poured with water, brought to a boil, cooked for about 10 minutes and reclined in a colander.
To prepare the syrup, take a kilogram of sugar and a little less than two glasses of water. Cook the mixture in a separate saucepan until the sugar dissolves.
Boiled orange peels are placed in boiling syrup, brought to a boil, removed from heat and left under a lid for 5 hours. Then cook again for 5 minutes and leave overnight. This procedure should be repeated two to three times.
During the last cooking, a little citric acid must be added to the syrup so that the fruit slices do not turn out to be very sweet.
You can make the taste more interesting by adding a few drops of a liqueur such as Amaretto. Hot candied tangerine fruits are removed from the syrup using a slotted spoon and laid out on a wire rack to dry. If desired, the slightly dried product can be additionally rolled in sugar.
Quick recipe
To prepare a treat you will need:
- 8-10 tangerine peels;
- 1.5 cups of water;
- 3 cups of sugar.
Recipe:
- Water is poured into a wide saucepan and 2.5 glasses of sugar are poured. The sweet mixture is brought to a boil, then tangerine semi-finished products are added to the syrup.
- When the candied fruits boil, the gas is reduced until it burns slowly, after which the treat is cooked for about half an hour, until the peel becomes transparent.
- Using tongs, the boiled crusts are laid out in the remaining sugar, rolled and placed on a wire rack to dry. Drying usually takes 2 to 4 hours, depending on the humidity in the room.
How and how long can the finished product be stored?
The classic tangerine slices can be stored in an airtight container, layered between sheets of waxed paper, in the refrigerator or cool dry place for up to six months. A quick-cooked treat is placed in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
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