Best Homemade Sweet Orange Peel Recipes

SIMPLE CANDIED ORANGE PEEL

Steps:

• Cut peel on each orange into 4 vertical segments. Remove each segment (including white pith) in 1 piece. Cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips. Cook in large pot of boiling water 15 minutes; drain, rinse, and drain again.
• Bring 3 cups sugar and 3 cups water to boil in medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add peel. Return to boil. Reduce heat; simmer until peel is very soft, about 45 minutes. Drain.
• Toss peel and 1 cup sugar on rimmed baking sheet, separating strips. Lift peel from sugar; transfer to sheet of foil. Let stand until coating is dry, 1 to 2 days. DO AHEAD: Wrap and freeze up to 2 months.

ORANGE PEEL SPOON SWEET - GLYKO PORTOKALAKI

Steps:

• Wash und rub well the oranges.
• Slice the orange peel in half, then quarters, then eighths - top to bottom. Remove peel in strips (eat the oranges!).
• Cut strips in half, across the width.
• Orange peel, with or without the external part, is bitter. This process removes most of that bitterness without bleaching out the flavor, and softens the peel. Place peel in a saucepan with enough cold water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes, timing from when it starts to bubble.
• Drain in a strainer or colander and rinse under running cold water.
• Repeat step 4 boiling for 3 minutes. Repeat step 5. Total boiling time: 11 minutes.
• Place sugar and water in a saucepan and stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Bring to a boil over high heat and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add orange peel, return to a boil, and cook for about 10 minutes just until the syrup begins to thicken slightly (it should be quite syrupy - but thick enough to coat a metal spoon).
• Stir in lemon juice and remove pan from heat.
• Allow to cool completely before storing in sterilized jars.
• Note. I like to rolls peel strips before cooking them (fixing with a stick) or simply rolling them before placing in the jar.