Orange and Lemon Peel to Candy

The Queen Cookery Books. No.3. Pickle... · S. Beaty-Pownall · 1902
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The Queen Cookery Books. No.3. Pickles and Preservatives
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (12)
  1. Put the whole peels from the fruit into salt water for a few days.
  2. Lift them out and boil in fresh water till they are soft enough to be pierced with the head of a pin.
  3. Drain the peels and put them aside.
  4. Boil 1lb. of loaf sugar in half a pint of water for five minutes.
  5. Pour the sugar syrup onto the peel.
  6. Let this stand for a week.
  7. Drain off the syrup, bring it to the boil again.
  8. At once lay in the peel, and let it all boil gently together till the peel looks clear.
  9. Turn the candied peel into a wide-mouthed bottle or jar, ensuring it is entirely covered with syrup, and cover down.
  10. If wanted candied, spread the peel out on a dish to cool.
  11. Powder it well with caster sugar.
  12. Leave it till dry, when it can be stored in airtight tins.
Original Text
Orange and Lemon Peel to Candy.—Put the whole peels from the fruit into salt water for a few days, then lift them out and boil in fresh water till they are soft enough to be pierced with the head of a pin; now drain and put them aside. Boil 1lb. of loaf sugar in half a pint of water for five minutes, then pour it on to the peel; let this stand for a week, then drain off the syrup, bring it to the boil again, at once lay in the peel, and let it all boil gently together till the peel looks clear; it can now be turned into a wide-mouthed bottle or jar (being careful it is entirely covered with syrup), and covered down. It is extremely useful for all household purposes in this way; or if wanted candied, spread the peel out on a dish to cool, then powder it well with caster sugar, and leave it till dry, when it can be stored in airtight tins.
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