This yummy candied orange peels recipe is an easy and tasty way to use oranges! You’ll also find other great recipes and tips for using oranges.
Easy Orange Recipes and Tips
It’s that time of year. You found a really good deal on oranges but you purchased a few more than you can eat. Now what do you do with them. Here are a few suggestions to get you started:
Make juice out of the orangesand then use the peels for Candied Orange Peels.
Use the leftover syrup from Candied Orange Peels(recipe below) on pancakes or French Toast. The syrup can also be used to make popsicles.
Wash orange peels thoroughly.Grate the peel before using and freeze the zest for later use.
Cut up orange segments and use as a garnish for salads.Use in fruit salad or sliced as a side dish.
Cut up orange slices and use a garnishfor meat or relish dishes.
Cut up peels.In a saucepan add peels, 1 cinnamon stick, a few cloves and fill to the top with water. Simmer for a nice potpourri or dry peels and use in dry potpourri.
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Lesley
I just found this recipe I love the Idea of being able to use the whole orange or fruit of any type I have never had candied Orange peels didn’t realize possible how do you use them in a recipe or is it like a candy treat ? Thank you for your recipes and videos tips of all types… I currently save orange or lemon peels and place in a mason jar with vinegar and let set for 2 weeks its a great cleaner and smells great I use vinegar as my main cleaner I cant use a lot of things due to being allergic to so many things the fruit peels give vinegar a better scent and also the lemon peels or even half a lemon is great clean faucets showers etc , but I’m new to your website and videos and so glad I have found them!!
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Jill
You can eat the candied orange peels alone or sprinkle them on top of something like a white cake or add to cookies. You can add them to some spinach salads etc.
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Maralene A Strom
Thanks so much for sharing these recipies. Plan to for sure use the citris recipes…my favorite is orange marmalade!!!
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Cathrine Osberg
Love these recipes! Live in California with several producing citrus trees and have a bounty of fruit! Yes, in summer our neighbors have zucchini to give away, but we ALWAYS have lemons, limes, and oranges throughout the year and our neighborhood gets to share in the bounty–by the peck and all organic. Thanks. Love the marmalade.
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Rose Strong
Does this make the marmalade without any pectin? Very interested if it does and a nice small amount instead of tossing the orange would be brilliant.
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Jill
Yes it does. The boiling it is what thickens it.
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Rebecca McCray
You can use Sugar instead of Pectin. It works almost the same to me.
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Isabella
How long does it keep in the fridge? Can I freeze the marmalade?
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Jill
It will keep in the fridge more than 3-6 months or more. I wouldn’t freeze it because the bits of fruit might become mushy. Because it is so easy to make a small amount and it keeps so long in the fridge you probably wouldn’t need to freeze.
Experiment with orange zest in everything from marinades to salad dressing to desserts like Toasted Coconut and Orange Icebox Cookies. Nothing chases away the winter blues like fiery San Diego-Style Blue Corn Salmon Tacos with Orange-Habanero Hot Sauce.
The vitamin C in oranges helps your body in lots of ways: Protects your cells from damage. Helps your body make collagen, a protein that heals wounds and gives you smoother skin. Makes it easier to absorb iron to fight anemia.
If you find yourself with a bounty of our favorite sweet citrus fruits and you run out of orange desserts to make, you can stash your extra oranges in the freezer to enjoy later.
At room temperature, oranges can last for about a week.In the fridge, meanwhile, they can stay good for about a month. If you don't plan to eat them within about four weeks, consider freezing your oranges — frozen oranges will keep for up to a year.
Can oranges be frozen whole with the skin on? Yes, but there's no point as you'd have to then deal with a frozen orange which would be much harder to peel. Rather peel and freeze the segments 'as is' and when needed it can just be thawed and used.
Orange peels make a home smell cozy and clean. You can boil orange peels with mulling spices like cinnamon and cloves to send a fresh autumnal aroma through the air. Boiling orange peels with lemon and grapefruit peels create a fresh, vibrant, and energizing aroma that makes your house smell clean and pristine.
Orange, symbolizing harvest, warmth, and vitality, has rich symbolic meanings in traditional Chinese culture. In ancient times, orange was closely related to yellow, the color of emperors, and was often seen as a symbol of wealth and nobility.
Yes, boiling orange peels to make a hot beverage is a popular and delightful idea. It's a simple way to infuse water with a burst of citrus flavor and aroma. The boiling process releases the essential oils from the orange peels, creating a refreshing and fragrant drink.
Often they referred to oranges as “golden apples.” Not until they knew them as oranges did they see them as orange. The word itself begins as an ancient Sanskrit word, naranga, possibly derived from an even older Dravidian (another ancient language spoken in what is now southern India) root, naru, meaning fragrant.
Yes, dogs can enjoy orange slices in moderation. It's best that you do not feed them the entirety of an orange, as too much citrus and sugar isn't good for your dog. Only give them one to three pieces or slices of an orange per day.
Sunlight and warm temperatures will speed the ripening of oranges, decreasing their shelf life. This means that oranges left on the kitchen counter or in a fruit bowl on your dining table won't last as long as whole, refrigerated oranges.
You can preserve citrus fruit to enjoy beyond the growing season using any of several food preservation methods including drying, canning, marmalade (a type of fruit jam), freezing, fermenting into vinegar, pickling with salt, and macerating in alcohol.
Then there are the classic options: freeze lemon or lime juice for homemade lemonade in the summer; create a marmalade or preserves; make a lemon bar (or try a different citrus); or peel, segment and can your citrus.
To prolong the shelf life (up to 3-4 weeks) of citrus fruits, keep them in a bag in the refrigerator. Freezing: Citrus can be frozen in wedges, slices, zest, juice, or whole. By freezing citrus, you can use nearly every part of the fruit and always have it on hand to add to dishes and drinks. Always wash fruit first.
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