[Sca-cooks] candied orange peel

[Johnna Holloway]

I candy both the fruits and the peels. I like the colors of the
fruits found in the blood oranges as they vary in color and intensity of 
colors.
You can use three fruits and have three different colors ranging from pale
pink to ruby red to purple.
I ususally just choose unblemished fruits and take my chances on what I find
and I will often choose from a variety of places and markets.
I keep a running account in a log now of where and what was purchased 
and how long
the batch took, etc.  Lab notes, I guess.

Johnnae llyn Lewis


lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:

> Johnnae wrote:
>
>> Blood oranges are smaller and I like them for the contrasting colors 
>> that one
>> finds. They range from pink to pale red to dark purple in terms of 
>> fruits,
>> so they make a colorful display when candied. The peels are a 
>> by-product.
>
>
> I ***love*** blood oranges, and the fruit is quite colorful and 
> flavorful and fragrant. But I'm not quite clear here.
>
> Is your reference above to the peels or to the fruit or both?
> Do you candy the fruit too?
> Do you intentionally pick blood oranges that have more colorful peels?
>
> Anahita
> not much of a candying kinda guy
>