I will be building raised planter beds in my garden on May 8th, 2009. If anyone would like to come and learn, please let me know and I can give you more details.
Raised Planter Boxes
Making Candied Citrus Peels May 1, 2009
The innagural Mad Skills Share workshop in conjunction with Forage Oakland on April 26, 2009.
Please click on the pictures for more detailed descriptions or got to
http://picasaweb.google.com/pastrygirlsp/MakingCandiedCitrusPeel#
for a step by step guide to this process. Enjoy!
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- Blanching Citrus Peels
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- Checking for tenderness
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- Scooping out the citrus membrane
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- Scooped out peel
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- Citrus peel slices
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- Sugar for simple syrup
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- Sugar for simple syrup
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- Water for simple syrup
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- Make simple syrup
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- Making simple syrup
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- Simple syrup
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- Peel slices ready to candy
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- Peel in simple syrup
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- Simmering the peels in simple syrup
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- Peels almost ready
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- Bubbles will get smaller
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- Champagne bubbles
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- Prepped drying rack
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- Draining the peels with a slotted spoon
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- Laying out the peels to dry
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- drying the peels
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- Leftover syrup
