Chocolate Dipped Oranges Kissed with Sea SaltCandied Orange Peel with Chocolate
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 orange, peeled (reserve orange peel)
- 1 4oz. bar of semi-sweet chocolate
- Salt for sprinkling
- Chili powder for sprinkling
- One orange peel
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet dark chocolate (or a 4 oz. bar of semi-sweet chocolate)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Peel the orange and segment it into pieces.
- Melt the chocolate bar in a double boiler (or you can microwave it for 30 seconds at a time making sure to stir after each 30 seconds).
- Dip each orange segment in the chocolate. Place on a cooling rack. Sprinkle with course sea salt or chili powder.
- Put them in the freezer or refrigerator to harden the chocolate.
- Slice the peel into long, thin strips.
- Place the peel in 1 inch of boiling water. Let them steep for about three minutes. Remove the peels and rinse them with cold water. Place on paper towel.
- Bring 1/2 cup water to boil. Add the sugar and stir until it dissolves.
- Add the strips of orange peel. Let them simmer over medium low heat for about 15 minutes.
- Remove the orange peel with tongs and place on a cooling rack to dry. About 1 hour.
- Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Once metled, dip the candied orange peels into the chocolate. Place on cooling rack and then into the refrigerator for the chocolate to harden.
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