Candied Orange Slices

Name: Candied Orange Slices
Total time: 88200 s
Yield: 32 slices approximately
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 seedless oranges; Salt; 250 grams sugar; 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate (optional)

Ricardo @tallcook

Manhattan, New York, United States

I had been looking for candied orange slices for a while. But recently my friend Liliana found on Instagram a recipe by Anna Terés. This is exactly what I was looking for to snack, to add it to breads and pastries, or to cover with chocolate.

Ricardo @tallcook

Manhattan, New York, United States

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Ingredients

30 minutes plus 24 hours of air drying

32 slices approximately

3seedless oranges
Salt
250 gramssugar
3 ouncesbittersweet chocolate (optional)

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Steps

30 minutes plus 24 hours of air drying

1

Wash and dry the oranges. Slice them thinly, discarding the ends.
2

Pour water in a pan with a teaspoon of salt and bring to a boil. Cook the orange slices for 5 minutes and then transfer to a deep dish with cold water. Repeat this step twice with clean water.
3

Pour a cup of water in a pan with the sugar, stir to dissolve, bring to a boil, add oranges, and simmer for 1 hour.
4

Carefully lift each slice and place on a grid to air dry. Let syrup cool and store in refrigerator to sweeten desserts and drinks. Turn slices every 12 hours approximately until desired dryness is achieved.
5

If desired, they can be covered in chocolate. To get a chocolate coating that is free of white streaks and imperfections, you will need to temper the chocolate: melt 2/3 of the chocolate (approx at 115°F), cool it (approx to 90°F) by adding the other 1/3 of the chocolate to it.
6

Stir vigorously. Brush slices with chocolate on both sides and place on a parchment paper to dry (1hour). Store inside a sealed container in a cool, dry place, in the fridge, or in the freezer.