Sugar Free Keto Candied Orange And Lemon Peel Recipes

SWEET CANDIED ORANGE AND LEMON PEEL

Steps:

• Place lemon and orange peel in large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Boil for 20 minutes, drain and set aside.
• In medium saucepan, combine 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil and cook until mixture reaches thread stage, 230 degrees F (108 degrees C) on candy thermometer, or small amount dropped in cold water forms a soft thread. Stir in peel, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Drain.
• Roll peel pieces, a few at a time, in remaining sugar. Let dry on wire rack several hours. Store in airtight container.

SUGAR-FREE KETO CANDIED ORANGE AND LEMON PEEL

Steps:

• Wash and dry the fruit. To peel, use a small, sharp knife to cut off the bottom and top. Next, score the peel into quarters and peel the fruit. Slice each quarter into thin strips (about 1/4" thick).
• Place the prepared orange/lemon peel into a small saucepan, cover with water, sprinkle with some salt, and cook on a low boil for 10 minutes. Drain, rinse, and repeat two more times (without salt). After boiling the peel for a third time, drain, and rinse again, but this time leave the peel in your strainer.
• Combine erythritol, allulose, and 1 cup of water in small saucepan. Bring the mixture to a low boil and stir to dissolve the sweeteners. As soon as you see the mixture bubble, turn down heat, add your peel, and simmer for 45 minutes to 60 minutes. Keep the heat low - you don't want the syrup or peel to burn!
• Once most of the water has evaporated and a thin syrup remains, remove from heat. Transfer the candied peel on a cooling rack to dry (line either the rack or the countertop with parchment paper for easy clean-up). Dry the peel for at least 24 hours. Chop the dried slices into little cubes if you want to use them for baking later.
• Store the candied peel in an airtight container in your fridge for 2 weeks or in the freezer for about 3 months.

CANDIED LEMON, ORANGE OR GRAPEFRUIT PEEL

Steps:

• With sharp knife, score the skin of the fruit (use only one type for a batch) into quarters,then peel it off with your fingers, keeping the pith attached.
• Lay each quarter of skin on a cutting board and cut to make uniform strips from 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide, according to your preference; you should have about 3 cups of strips.
• Cover peels with water in saucepan and bring to boil over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute,then drain, cover with water again and repeat two times (total of three times).
• Then, cover again and simmer the peel for 20 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• In the saucepan, make the syrup with sugar, water and corn syrup. Boil for about two minutes, then add the peel.
• Simmer briskly stirring occasionally, until the syrup is considerably reduced, then watch closely.
• The point of decision:.
• If you want a tender candied peel, cook until perhaps 3 tbsp syrup is left, and drain the peels (you can save the syrup).
• Medium-firm, leave only a spoonful of syrup, then drain.
• For candy-like crisp peel, watch closely until the syrup is on the point of hardening and has almost vanished.
• Arrange the peel on a bed of sugar on a jelly roll pan at whatever stage you have stopped cooking. Straiten the strips while hot if you want them symmetrical, or crumble them if you like a kinky tangle.
• Sprinkle more sugar over the strips and toss them occasionally as they cool.
• When cool enough to handle, put the strips onto cake racks and let them dry. The consistency of the finished candy will depend partly on the point at which the cooking stopped, but also on how long the strips are left to dry. They will keep indefinitely if candied 'hard'; not quite as long if left translucent and flexible. The choice is yours.