Candied orange peel

Many women are always in search of a dietary and incredibly tasty dessert or sweet. Indeed, sometimes you really want to treat yourself to something tasty and at the same time not harm the figure. This is where candied oranges come to the rescue. Candied orange peels are orange peels that are boiled in concentrated sugar syrup and then dried in a candied form. During the cooking process, the crusts absorb sugar, which acts as its natural preservative.

Candied orange peel contains over 60 types of flavonoids and over 170 different types of phytonutrients, and is rich in various pectins, vitamins, minerals, and fiber.

The chemical composition of natural candied fruits: environmentally friendly peels of ripe selected oranges, sugar syrup and powdered sugar. The product contains no additional chemicals, parabens, fragrances, flavor enhancers and dyes. When choosing this product, carefully study the composition, and give preference to a more natural one.

Benefits of candied oranges

Help in weight loss. One of the main reasons people dislike orange peels is their bitter taste, but this can be quickly removed by boiling and candied. Candied fruits are incredible helpers in weight loss, as they contain a large amount of fiber (cleanses the body of cholesterol, toxins and toxins). The product is nutritious, adds mass to food and thus helps to reduce overall calorie intake, thereby promoting weight loss. Candied fruits also prevent the absorption of heavy carbohydrates and the formation of subcutaneous fat. But still, you should not get too carried away with this product, so as not to provoke weight gain. In the process of calculating the required daily allowance of this candied fruit, consider their caloric content and nutritional value.

Helps to cope with respiratory diseases. Orange peel provides excellent body support during the treatment of asthma, bronchitis and even pneumonia. It has a mild cleansing activity, playing a vital role in breaking down and expelling phlegm. It is also high in histamine, reducing compounds, and antioxidants that help relieve various respiratory complications such as bronchitis, colds, flu, and lung cancer.

Positively affect the condition and functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Candied fruits are a rich source of insoluble polysaccharides (a type of dietary fiber) such as pectins, tannins and hemicellulose. These compounds prevent constipation by increasing the volume and reducing the contact time of the food with the intestines. They also play an active role in reducing acidity (gas problems) and preventing vomiting and heartburn.

Candied fruits have preventive and antibacterial properties for the oral cavity. Natural, pleasant and delicious protection against cancer. Several studies have shown that increasing the intake of candied orange peel in the daily diet reduces the risk of human cancer, namely skin, breast and colon cancer. An unsurpassed source of vitamins, minerals and other useful and nutritious substances. Candied fruits perfectly suppress the feeling of hunger, improve mood, perfectly tone up, calm the nervous system after a hard and stressful day, normalize sleep.

Harm and contraindications for use

Candied oranges in the first place can harm people with hypersensitivity to citrus fruits. Orange peel is a strong allergen. This product can be given on a limited basis to children and women during pregnancy, and only after consulting a doctor.

The product is high-calorie, therefore, in the process of combating excess weight, it must be used carefully.

Also, candied fruits are not allowed in the diet of people with diabetes (regardless of its type).

If you take into account all the contraindications and use natural and environmentally friendly candied oranges, they are completely harmless, and even incredibly useful.

Mode of application

The delicacy is ready to eat, and candied fruits will be ideally combined with muffins, cakes and cookies, chocolate, cottage cheese casseroles, yogurt, ice cream, etc. This is an incredibly healthy, tasty and fragrant delicacy, the preparation of which does not require large expenses. Why throw away orange peels if they can be used for the benefit of the body and body. Ready candied fruits should be stored in airtight containers or in airtight plastic bags.

Shelf life: homemade candied oranges can be stored for no more than two months in a dry or rolled form. They are not as bright as purchased ones, but incredibly fragrant, tasty and healthy.

Candied oranges at home

To prepare candied oranges quickly, we need orange peels, sugar and a dehydrator.

Step-by-step recipe:

1. Wash citrus fruits. Peel the skin from the fruit, only the orange part, if used with a white layer, then the candied fruits will be somewhat bitter. Use the fruit itself for salads or as a snack.
2. Cut the fruit peel into strips 5 centimeters long and half a centimeter wide. Place two cups of peel in a saucepan with 1,5 cups of water. Bring to a boil (ten minutes). Drain the water. Repeat this process three or four times to get rid of any bitterness.
3. Measure the amount of the resulting peel after cooking. For each cup of crust, add 1/4 cup sugar and 0,5 cup water. Bring to a boil and cook until the peel has absorbed all or almost all of the syrup. Remove from fire.
4. Pour the granulated sugar into a crumbling bowl. Throw each piece of peel into sugar. Place the peel in sugar in a dehydrator. Turn on the device. The rind needs to dry so that it is not sticky to the touch. This may take up to 24 hours or up to eight hours depending on the dehydrator and the humidity in the air. Turn the peel several times while drying.

Above is the easiest and fastest recipe for candied oranges at home, but there are others.

Many are wondering how to make candied oranges for the winter and how to cook candied fruits so that they are stored for as long as possible. Let’s look at a quick recipe for canned candied fruits.

canned candied fruit

For one half-liter jar of canned candied fruits, you will need five or six fresh (preferably organically clean without wax and other chemicals) oranges, two glasses of sugar, two grams of citric acid (you can replace the juice of half a lemon), vanilla, star anise, cinnamon, two hundred grams of powdered sugar.

Step-by-step preparation: pre-wash thick-skinned small oranges, dip in boiling water, and cut off the peel (this procedure is necessary in order to get rid of the chemicals that oranges are usually treated with before selling). The cut crust must be cut into long strips up to one centimeter wide and wound up like a snail in a roll. Fasten the rolls with skewers or toothpicks. In order for the cooked candied fruits not to turn bitter as a result, orange rolls must be boiled in clean water at least three times (the water must be changed each time). Dry the “snails”. Boil thick sugar syrup: take half a kilogram of sugar for two glasses of water, add vanilla sugar, cinnamon and star anise. Pour orange rolls into boiling syrup (toothpicks can already be removed, they will hold their shape on their own). Boil the rolls in syrup for at least an hour and a half. The rolls boiled in syrup should be quickly transferred to a pre-steamed jar, poured with boiling syrup and rolled up. In winter, you can get citrus rolls from a jar, sprinkle them generously with powdered sugar, and send them to dry in the oven at one hundred degrees for forty minutes – you get great sugar-marmalade sweets. The syrup can, in turn, be used as an impregnation for cakes, for preparing a variety of drinks, as jam for pancakes and pancakes, for adding to cereals and other desserts.

orange hot chocolate

In order to make orange hot chocolate, we need dark chocolate (bar), twenty grams of cream and one hundred grams of candied orange. Melt chocolate on a steam bath, add cream and crushed candied fruits. After pouring into cups – bon appetit. If you want to get a less intense chocolate taste, you need to add one hundred milliliters of milk to the melted chocolate instead of cream. This recipe is very high-calorie and tonic, therefore, you should not get carried away with it, but occasionally you can treat yourself to a chocolate-orange treat.

Ready-made candied fruits are universal in use, as they can be used as an independent nutritious and healthy snack, as well as added to jelly, pastries, cottage cheese desserts, cereals, salads – the flight of fancy is inexhaustible, the main thing to remember is that everything you eat should be not only tasty, but also useful.