Candied Citrus Peels
Cooking Time:
3 hours Recipe Yield:
1 l Difficulty:
Medium recipe
3 hours Recipe Yield:
1 l Difficulty:
Medium recipe
Candied citrus peels – Greek cuisine recipe, such sweets can be cooked from the peel of lemon, orange or grapefruit and served with tea. If you only have lemons or only oranges, it is perfectly okay to cook separately, but a more interesting flavor is obtained when using the rind of several citrus fruits.
Recipe Ingredients
Orange
2
pcs
Lemon
2
pcs
Grapefruit
2
pcs
Sugar
900
g
Water
300
ml
Citric Acid
1
tsp
Lemon Juice
1.5
tbsp
Honey
3
tsp
Cooking Recipe
On the third day of cooking, boil the peel in syrup with citric acid, lemon juice and honey. Simmer over very low heat until the citrus peel becomes transparent and sinks to the bottom of the syrup. For a more interesting flavor, add a cinnamon stick. Transfer the finished candied citrus fruits to a jar, cover and store in a cool dry place.