
I love candied citrus peel--it's fruity, and sweet, and a little bitter all at once. I've never tried to make it myself since I assumed it to be a very complicated process. But, with all the fruit I juiced, I had lots and lots of peel to work with.
I used a Martha Stewart recipe to candy the peel and I was surprised at how simple it was. Basically, you just boil the peel to release some of the bitterness, and then you reboil it in sugar syrup. Here is the recipe I used.
I added some of the peel to a basic shortbread recipe, similar to this, and it was good except that I should have cut the peel into smaller pieces--once baked it gets a bit chewy.








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