The peel is ready to store when it is dry to the touch, no longer sticky and is flexible.This can be sped up using a dehydrator, but watch it carefully so that you don’t caramelize the peel. Turn the candied orange peel several time during the drying process. Allow the orange peel slices to dry for several hours.Reserve the orange flavored syrup for another use. Using a slotted spoon remove the orange peel from syrup.Simmer over medium-low heat for 30 to 45 minutes until the orange peel is translucent.Chop the vanilla bean into 1/4 inch pieces and add to sauce pan. Split a vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds and vanilla paste. In a clean 2 quart saucepan, add 2 cups of water and sugar.Place peels into sauce pan and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes. Fill a 2 quart sauce pan 1/2 full of water.Set the orange fruit aside for another use. Score each orange in four places and remove the peel.Wash oranges to remove any wax or pesticide residue.If you are going for candied orange peel to add to Christmas baking or Easter bread, you can use any orange you have. Valencia, blood oranges, or navel oranges have thicker skin and are more suitable for candied orange peels to dip in chocolate or serve on a cookie tray. The flavor of each type of orange peel will be different, too. Tangerines, clementines, and Christmas oranges are thin skinned and the skins, while fine for baking, turn out mushy after cooking. While you can use any orange peel for this recipe, if you want thick orange peels to dip in dark chocolate or serve on their own, use an orange with a thicker skin. Adding this step creates a delicious, bitter-free, candied peel that is delicious eaten as is, dipped in dark chocolate, or used in baking. There is one key step that is missing from most candied orange peel recipes. The syrup also has a bitter after taste that limits its use.
Most candied orange peel recipes tell you just to simmer the oranges in heavy syrup until they are done, but these peels are bitter and unpalatable, useful only as a digestive aid.
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