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Quick candied oranges

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Quick candied oranges

Pudding & Cake Serves 4 25 min

An ideal garnish for cakes, bakes, and desserts. Sticky, chewy and sweet. You could even chop some through a salad to add marmalade-like taste - ideal with roasted squash, carrots or beetroots.

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Ingredients

  • 2 oranges
  • 1 cup of water
  • ½ cup of caster sugar
  • thin slice of beetroot - optional
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Method

Prep time: 5 min
Cooking time: 20 min

  • Step 1

    Halve the oranges and cut each half into 5mm thick slices.

  • Step 2

    Heat the water and sugar in a large frying pan. Add the orange slices and simmer for about 20 minutes, turning the slices every so often, by which time the liquid should be a sticky syrup.

  • Step 3

    Remove the slices and cool on baking parchment.

  • Step 4

    You can add a thin slice of beetroot to the pan at the start if you’d like the orange to have pinkish/red hue, or alternatively use blood oranges if they are season.

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