Candied orange peels

Orange season again!!! You can use them for panettone or to decorate cakes or desserts like a mouse in a glass! Or even in cocktails!

You can use the peels after eating the oranges or after making a juice!

Ingredients

• peels from 2 oranges – approximately 160gr
• 180gr sugar
• 180gr water
• 60gr sugar

Steps

• Cut the peels in stripes
• Add them in boiling water and simmer them for 30 minutes
• Through away this water
• Add the 180gr sugar, 180gr water and the peels again in a pot and let them boil for 30 minutes
• Remove the peels from the syrup and add them in the 60gr sugar
• Place them in a rack to dry
• They will need 2-3 days to dry

HINT! Do not throw away the syrup! You can use it to serve a dessert or use it in a cake that needs syrup!