Thursday, January 6, 2011

Orange Zest Dessert

Looking for a fairly easy yet pretty dessert that uses just three ingredients (including water)? Try orange zest dessert.
First zest an orange into strips (use a vegetable peeler to make this easier). Then, taking a pair of kitchen shears, cut the zest into narrow strips. Put a pan of water onto boil with the strips added in and then turn the heat down and cook until they're pretty tender (around 10 minutes). While this is happening, you can section the orange (use one orange per serving--navel oranges are best--no seeds!) Once you take the peels off the burner, pour them into a bowl and then, using the same pan, mix 1/3 c. sugar and 2 or 3 T. water and put onto boil, stirring occasionally until this turns to syrup. Once it is "syrupy", add the peels in, turn down to medium, and let them cook for at least 10 minutes. They'll reach a shiny and chewy stage; remove them from the syrup and add the orange sections to coat and cook about 5 minutes. It might take two rounds to get all the slices done. Put the slices into a pretty bowl, add the candied peels on top, and put into the fridge to cool. Enjoy!

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