Julia Child’s Candied Citrus Peel

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 large lemons
• 3 oranges or 2 grapefruits
• 1 quart water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup additional water

Recipe

• 1 with a vegetable peeler, carefully remove the zest from the lemons without getting any of the pith included. cut them into julienne strips 1 1/2 inches long and less than 1/8 inch wide.
• 2 in 1 quart of water, simmer the zests for 6 minutes, then drain and rinse in cold water. set aside.
• 3 bring the 1/3 cup water to a simmer in a saucepan and add the sugar, stirring until completely dissolved.
• 4 cover the pan tightly and, as julia says, â??boil for a moment or two, until the last drops of syrup to fall from the end of a metal spoon form a thread.â?? (this part of juliaâ??s recipe is, i understand, a little vague. yet sometimes cooking requires the actual experience to really know, and perhaps this is one of those times.).
• 5 remove saucepan from the heat, stir in the peel and let steep for an hour.
• 6 use in the â??fresh lemon sherbetâ?? recipe or store in the refrigerator in a covered jar where it will keep for weeks.
• 7 makes one batch of candied zests for the 12 servings of sherbet.