Candied Orange or Grapefruit Peel

Ingredients

• 3 grapefruit peelings
• 6 orange peelings
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup water

Method

1. 1

   Wash fruit and peel carefully, removing all of the pulp.

2. 2

   Cut into strips about 0.25 inch wide, add 1 teaspoon salt to peel and cover with water.

3. 3

   Boil for fifteen minutes, then pour off the water and add fresh water.

4. 4

   Boil for about twenty minutes.

5. 5

   Change the water again and boil for another twenty minutes.

6. 6

   After the third boiling, drain and cover with 2.5 cups of sugar and 1 cup water.

7. 7

   Boil, stirring occasionally until the syrup has boiled away.

8. 8

   Spread on crumpled paper and before it is entirely cold roll the peel strips in the other 0.5 cup of sugar.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Southern cook book of fine old recipes (1935) by Lillie S. Lustig, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Candied Orange or Grapefruit Peel 3 grapefruit peelings or 6 orange peelings 1 teaspoon salt 3 cups sugar 1 cup water

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