Sugared Citrus Peel
 
 
Ingredients
  • 3 lemons
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups white sugar, or as needed
Instructions
  1. Using a vegetable peeler or a very sharp paring knife, carefully remove the peel from the fruit. Try to keep the pieces consistent and widely shaped with as little of the white pith as possible (for petal-like appearance).
  2. Bring water to a boil in a small pan, and add peels, beginning with lemon, then orange and finally the lime (all in separate batches with fresh water each time so the flavors don’t mix). Boil for about 5 minutes, or until tender. Repeat this step two times to remove the bitter taste of the peel, using fresh water each time.
  3. Remove peels from the water and cool quickly in a bowl filled with ice water. Then quickly scoop out and lay on paper towel to dry until they become tacky.
  4. Roll in batches in the white sugar. Store in an airtight container and try to use within a week. Use to make pretty flowers on cakes or cupcakes. Alternately, make thinner strips of candied peel and cluster together atop cupcakes.
Recipe by Just a Smidgen at https://justasmidgen.com/2011/08/05/old-fashioned-lemon-scented-cake-with-a-sprinkling-of-sugared-citrus-peel/