Candied Orange Peel with Chocolate
Jérôme Ferrer — The Cuisine of Greater Montreal. Total time: more than 2 hours. Preparation time: 15 minutes. Candying time: 3 hours. Cooling time: 2 + 1 hours. Difficulty: Easy.
⏱️ Prep: 15 min
Ingredients
| 5 | big oranges |
| 200 g | dark chocolate 70% |
| 500 ml | sugar |
| 1 l | water |
Instructions
- Wash and peel the oranges. Cut the peel into strips about 1 cm (3/8") wide and 5 cm (2") long.
- Place the water and sugar in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Incorporate the orange peel strips and let the syrup reduce over low heat for about 3 hours.
- Remove the orange peel strips from the syrup, place on a tray and let cool for about 2 hours.
- In a double boiler, melt the chocolate. Cool to room temperature.
- Dip the candied strips of orange peel into the melted chocolate to half cover them with chocolate.
- Drain and place on a tray. Let rest in a cool place for at least an hour.