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Chocolate-Dipped Candied Orange Peels
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Chocolate-Dipped Candied Orange Peels

Candied orange peels dipped in dark chocolate - an impressive homemade sweet from simple ingredients

⏱ 1 hr 10 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Cut off the ends of the oranges, remove the peel in lengthwise slices and trim off the excess pith.
    KnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    Cut the peels into strips 1 cm wide.
    KnifeCutting board
  3. 3
    Put the strips in a pot, cover with cold water and bring to a boil, then drain. Repeat the boiling and draining twice: that's how the bitterness comes out of the peels.
    PotStoveColander
  4. 4
    In a pot, dissolve the sugar and water, bring to a boil and add the peels.
    PotStove
  5. 5
    Turn down the heat and simmer 40–45 minutes, until the peels are translucent and glossy.
    ⚙ SimmeringStove
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  6. 6
    Drain the peels and lay them on a rack, with parchment paper underneath, to dry for 1–2 hours.
    ColanderCooling rackParchment paper
  7. 7
    Roll the peels in the sugar.
  8. 8
    Melt the chocolate, dip each peel halfway and place on parchment paper until the chocolate sets.
    Double boiler (bain-marie)orMicrowaveParchment paper
  9. 9
    Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
    Storage container
385calories
2 gprotein
78 gcarbs
8 gfat
● protein 2%● carbs 80%● fat 18%

Per serving (201 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (8) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Cooling rack · Also works: Oven rack (Oven rack) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Plate (Bottom sweats and softens)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)
  • Storage container · Also works: Jar (None) · Zip-top bag (None)
  • Microwave or Double boiler (bain-marie) · one of them

🧻 Consumables: Parchment paper

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