Today is yet another holiday on the island, but this time is because the island is holding elections to change the way their leaders get elected, and since I wasn't born here I really have nothing to do with it... So instead I am home "chill-axing"!
Although I did decided to give our dog Sheba a very well needed bath, so I took this pictures of her once I finished and she was quietly getting dry in a corner of the back deck.
Also today in the morning I decided to make some delicious Orange Candied Peel, this is something that I used to eat as a kid as it's pretty popular in Costa Rica and a few months ago I happened to see a recipe on Pinterest that remind me of it although this time I did not follow any recipe and did them myself using my own measurements.
Last week I tried it with Grapefruit and today with just Oranges, both cases were delicious.
So, for my orange version I used
Peel off 4 medium orange skins
I would suggest you cut them in half and used them for juice, then take off all the rind (aka white part) with a big spoon. In my case today I just peel off each orange by cutting them in quarters (just the skin) and then used to spoon to take the rind off... Here are some photo of the process...
When all skins have the grind off... cut them in strips like these...
Now for the rest of the process... According to my calculation, use 1/2 cup of water for each orange and 1/4 cut of sugar for each orange (you do the math!), LOL!
Other recipes I've seen use a lot more water and then they end up with lots of liquid which you'll need to come up with some use for, or just dump it, mine most of the water is absorb so you should end up with pretty much none at the end.
In my case I used this type of sugar, because I am cool like that... In your case you can use any kind or be cool like me! ;)
Put the water with sugar to boil, once it's boiling quite a lot put the orange peel inside and let it boil from 20 to 25 minutes.
VERY IMPORTANT: You need to monitor the last 5 minutes because if it gets too thick the orange skins will start sticking and it gets hard to separate them.
It should go from looking like this...
To sort of this... Make sure to give it a few stirs during the whole time boiling!
Once those are done put regular sugar (I used about 1/2 cup) on wax paper and take the skins off the pot to coat them in regular refine white sugar... Or in the raw if you wanna be cool!
Pull on a cookie rack to dry (in my case about 1/2 hour) and they are good to go, enjoy!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!!!
Although I did decided to give our dog Sheba a very well needed bath, so I took this pictures of her once I finished and she was quietly getting dry in a corner of the back deck.
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| Sheba far, far away.... see her? |
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| Sheba closer |
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| There she is! |
Last week I tried it with Grapefruit and today with just Oranges, both cases were delicious.
So, for my orange version I used
Peel off 4 medium orange skins
I would suggest you cut them in half and used them for juice, then take off all the rind (aka white part) with a big spoon. In my case today I just peel off each orange by cutting them in quarters (just the skin) and then used to spoon to take the rind off... Here are some photo of the process...
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| cut the skin and peel off slowly |
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| skin off |
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| take off the grind, be gentle and slowly to avoid ripping like mine |
Now for the rest of the process... According to my calculation, use 1/2 cup of water for each orange and 1/4 cut of sugar for each orange (you do the math!), LOL!
Other recipes I've seen use a lot more water and then they end up with lots of liquid which you'll need to come up with some use for, or just dump it, mine most of the water is absorb so you should end up with pretty much none at the end.
In my case I used this type of sugar, because I am cool like that... In your case you can use any kind or be cool like me! ;)
Put the water with sugar to boil, once it's boiling quite a lot put the orange peel inside and let it boil from 20 to 25 minutes.
VERY IMPORTANT: You need to monitor the last 5 minutes because if it gets too thick the orange skins will start sticking and it gets hard to separate them.
It should go from looking like this...
Once those are done put regular sugar (I used about 1/2 cup) on wax paper and take the skins off the pot to coat them in regular refine white sugar... Or in the raw if you wanna be cool!
Pull on a cookie rack to dry (in my case about 1/2 hour) and they are good to go, enjoy!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!!!
