Caramelized Orange Rind Recipe

 
 

Chocolate Desserts Recipe - Caramelized Orange Rind

Ingredients

  • 2 oranges, peeled in strips

  • 1/4 cup (60ml) sugar

  • 1/4 cup (60ml) water

  • 3 tbsp (45ml) grand Marnier or Cointreau


Method:

  1. Scrape pith from orange peel. Cut peel into julienne strips. Place in a saucepan and cover pan. Stimmer 10 minutes. Drain.

  2. Place sugar in a pan with the water. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves, Bring to a boil and cook fairly briskly until syrup becomes tacky and sticky. Remove from heat. Cool slightly.]

  3. Stir in Grand Marnier or Cointreau. Add strips of peel to syrup. Cook gently until peel begins to look transparent. Remove peel with a slotted spoon. Cool, then use for decoration.