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Dried · From Bladwijzer
Dried mandarin peel
- Makes: ± 30 g
- Time: 15 min + 3 to 7 days drying
- From: Mandarin
Ingredients
- the peel of 8 mandarins from your own plant
- a rack or a baking tray lined with baking paper
Method
- Wash the mandarins in warm water and dry them. Peel them in large pieces; eat the segments or use them in a salad.
- Scrape off as much of the white pith on the inside as you can with a teaspoon: it is bitter.
- Lay the pieces of peel on the rack or tray somewhere warm and dry, on a radiator for example, and leave them to dry for 3 to 7 days until hard and brittle. It is quicker in the oven at no more than 50 °C with the door ajar, in 2 to 3 hours.
- Keep the peel in a closed jar. Add a piece to tea, a stew or rice, or grind it finely for biscuits and cakes.
Storing: A year in a tightly closed jar, dry and dark.