These are THE BEST example of making full use of your fruits! My family loves drinking oranges – but the peels, they always get thrown away! One day, I decided that I should do my part to avoid too much food wastage so this idea came to mind! Plus, I really enjoyed eating Candied Orange Peels as a child so this totally reminds me of HAPPINESS!
Sustainability efforts FTW too!
Funfact: did you know that orange peels contain a lot more vitamin c than the fruit itself?!
Here we go!
Ingredients:
- Oranges
- Water
- Granulated Sugar
- Citric acid (I added 1 tsp to about 2 cups of sugar)
Just 3 simple ingredients that every household would have! The only tedious part is the cooking and the patience you need to have before you can finally EAT IT.
Step 1
Remove top and bottom of orange pits and slice the orange into strips
Step 2
Bring to boil, at least 3 times, by washing out the water and replacing with clean fresh water each time. This ensures that less bitterness of the orange remains.
Step 3
Depending on how much water is able to cover the peels you have in your pot, I would add in sugar – approximately half the amount of your pot of water. Then let it simmer so the peels soak up the sugar syrup!
Step 4
Allow the peels to sit in the syrup overnight. Patience is key!
Step 5
Drain the syrup and dry the peels on a tray. Realised that sunlight dries it out better.
Step 6
Coat with more sugar and enjoy!
For mine, I kept it a little more juicy because I wanted it to be like a orange gummy. But if you leave it out longer, it should probably become really dried up and eaten as dried fruits.
Going to be making more of these, I really love orange peel candies! The best thing about them is that you can store them for a really long time!
Word of caution: limit your intake because they are after all, full of sugar!
Xoxo, Shermaine
