Candied Orange Peel 🍊 | Easy 3-Ingredient Recipe | Homemade Gift

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Today, we're making homemade candied orange peel, a traditional treat perfect for the holidays 🎄🍊. It's the ideal recipe to delight your family, to garnish your pastries… or even to give a homemade gourmet gift. Enjoy!

This recipe is 3 in 1:
✔ candied orange candies
✔ a natural orange syrup to drizzle over your cakes
✔ and small peels perfect for decorating your brioches, cookies, cakes, and gingerbread.

This is a recipe that's:
🍊 budget-friendly
🍊 zero-waste
🍊 quick
🍊 with only 3 ingredients


⭐ INGREDIENTS:
🍊 2 organic oranges
🍚 200 g (1 cup) of sugar
💧 250 ml (1 cup) of water
➡️ To candy the small pieces:
🍚 80 g (⅓ cup) of sugar
💧 80 ml (⅓ cup) of water

🍫 Can they be coated in chocolate?

Yes! It's even delicious. Simply dip the cooled peels in melted chocolate and let them harden.

🥄 What to do with the syrup made during cooking?
Don't throw it away! It's perfect for soaking a cake, sweetening tea, flavoring yogurt, or drizzling over a panna cotta.

🧁 Can these peels be used in pastries?

Yes, they're ideal for brioches, kugelhopfs, muffins, cakes, panettone, biscotti, gingerbread…

🍊 What type of orange should I choose?
Organic or untreated oranges, since the peel is used.

🫙 How long do candied orange peels keep?

In a tightly sealed jar:
→ 2 to 3 weeks in the refrigerator
→ or a few months if they are well dried

🔥 Can the quantities be doubled?

Yes, the recipe works very well in larger quantities.