In Europe Christmas means citrus, the green grocer's shelves are filled with citrus of every size and shape. The smell of the peel brings back happy memories of Christmas past. For me this is also the signal to do what I love the most; making something out of nothing and making a delicious festive treat to help my friends and family celebrate Christmas. Don't be daunted by all the steps, the ingredients are few and the delicious results and compliments make it well worth spending your time!
Prep Time: several hours
Cook Time: 90 minutes
Total Time: 4 hours
Yield: 35-40 pieces
Ingredients:
Steps:
*You now have candied peel which you can use in cakes such as Panforte, Christmas cake or Florentines.
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These candies look really good. Thank you for sharing with us!
I really hope you can find the time to give them a try as they truly are worthwhile- not difficult, just a few steps with a bit of waiting time. They are delicious and although they are very thrifty indeed they taste expensive!
Can you send me some please? They look delish! They would go great with my coffee.
excellent recipe and easy to follow instructions! These orangettes really do taste as good as they look. They would make a lovely Christmas gift, I highly recommend you try them.
would you please give the measurements in english ie: kg and reference to 200g and what is "millilitres. Thank you this will make it easier to do the recipe Merry C hristmas and Blessings to you and yours.
Hi, thanks for your lovely greeting and a Merry Christmas to you and yours too. So pleased you are going to use the recipe I know you won't be disappointed. I just made another batch as the ones I made for Christmas have already disappeared!
We have a teeny bit of a problem because US and English measure are not the same either but I will do my best to convert metric to US. A kilo bag of sugar is 2.2lbs. 200g is 7 ounces. A millilitre is a metric unit of liquid. There are 1000 millilitres in a litre. That is where the problem comes because a US pint is smaller than a UK pint! So I had a quick look on the net and think I have the following solution.
A US cup=236 millilitres of liquid which means about 236 grams of sugar per cup of liquid= 8.3 ounces.
So when making the syrup 1 cup of liquid needs 8 ounces of sugar, Half a cup would need 4 ounces and so forth.
I really hope this helps and if it doesn't just let me know and we will work it out a different way!
How kind of you to go to the work to translate this information for us. We could have easily gone online and figured it out as well. Having done the hard work for us is another gift and I am grateful. I haven't the time to try these today but I'm having 30 guests next weekend for brunch and these will be the after brunch sweet I provide.
Thanks so much for the lovely recipe and for taking your time to try to make the Americans translate it. We, too, could have looked online but you were very gracious about doing the work for us. I cannot find the time today to make them but having a brunch next weekend for 30 people and will make these for dessert. I'm very grateful for your time and talent. Have a terrific 2018!
My mum makes these with all kinds of citrus fruits and they are heavenly :) Great of you to share so everyone can try!!
I have made candied citrus peel (love it) but have been told to scape off the white part as it is too bitter. Do you not recommend doing that?
Hello! In Europe and especially France where this recipe comes from, any cook's recipe using oranges or lemon barks, be it in a cooking book or in a magazine, will always precise: "use non-treated fruits". Oranges and lemons are the most chemically treated fruits with some of the following: Imazalil, Orthophenylphenate, Thiabendazole they are also coated with petroleum-based wax, or shellac-based wax or resin. Imazalil is a well-known carcinogen. No washing will get the fruits rid of these chemicals, so when preparing these delicious 0rangettes, treat yourself to non-treated oranges, adding safety to the savor.
Bon appétit !
That is surprising, I never realized that about the chemical treatments on oranges and lemons. Purchasing organic citrus would probably solve this issue, don't you think?
Here I buy unwaxed lemons but I haven't seen similar for oranges. so I can't use the skins. i didn't know about the chemicals either. Will have to look for organic.
Marg from England
Thank you for the recipe. I love oranges and can eat everyday. Of course,oranges and chocolates are the best thing in the world!
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