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Citrus fruits play so many roles within the kitchen, from providing a easy hit of balancing acidity to including a refined pop of brightness to taking heart stage as a dish’s key taste profile. This goes for candy and savory functions alike; it may imply incorporating zest, juice, or the entire fruit, relying on the specified impact. Right here, we add one other trick to the arsenal: candied citrus. Boiling the fruit in syrup mutes the bitterness and offsets the tang, giving it a shiny look and a nice chew that works simply as properly to prime a cake because it does to boost a salad dressing. Be taught the approach and a few enjoyable methods to make use of candied citrus with the recipes on this assortment.
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Olive Oil Cake with Buttercream Frosting and Bitter Candied Oranges
Pastry chef Paola Velez makes olive oil cake with earthy buckwheat flour, frosts it with vanilla buttercream, then garnishes it with edible flowers and chewy candied orange slices dredged in a combination of sugar, salt, and citric acid for this showstopping dessert.
Butter Beans with Calabrian Chile
Greg Dupree / Meals Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Christina DaleyÂ
Make candied lemon peel to prime every bowl of those Calabrian chile-laced butter beans, then stash the leftover candied peel within the fridge for garnishing cake, pancakes, cheesecake, or maybe these loaded ice cream sundaes.
Yuzu and Lemon Cake with Buttercream Frosting
Hugh Davison
Los Angeles chef Kat Turner infuses this cake batter with yuzu juice and the frosting with lemon zest for a citrusy dessert topped with candied kumquats.
Cheesecake Bars with Candied Orange and Pizzelle Crust
Jennifer Causey / Meals Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Thom Driver
Chef Camille Cogswell shares the proper ratio of cream cheese, bitter cream, and eggs for this creamy, dense cheesecake filling that is embellished with candied orange slices. For the buttery crust, she swaps graham cracker crumbs for skinny, crispy pizzelle cookies.
Candied Orange Slices
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After they’re not getting used to garnish dessert, candied navel orange slices are a terrific deal with on their very own. This recipe candies a single orange; the bonus orange syrup is nice in drinks, salad dressings, and extra.
Selim Pepper, Candied Lemon, and Almond Teacake
“A cake with solely a brush of syrup may appear too easy to be an actual dessert. However not this one. This teacake packs a punch, rooted in my homeland, from selim pepper,” says Nigerian author and recipe developer Yewande Komolafe. “When heated, the seed pods infuse a dish — candied lemon peel syrup on this case — with their distinct musky taste. The candied lemon slices work nice as a topping and are fantastic to chew into on their very own.”
Cornmeal Cake Trifle with Sabayon and Candied Kumquats
A number of layers of citrus flavors and aromas waft by this cornmeal trifle, together with candied kumquats. A Prosecco dessert sauce and Italian meringue make the trifle really feel (and style) further particular.
Fiadone (Corsican Cheesecake) with Chestnut Honey and Figs
A uniquely candy trio of chestnut honey, candied lemon zest, and caramelized figs tops this lemony Corsican cheesecake historically made with brocciu, a recent goat or sheep’s milk cheese (sheep’s milk ricotta is nice, too).
Over-the-Prime Ice Cream Sundaes with Selfmade Caramel
Victor Protasio / Meals Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Lydia Pursell
Chewy, bittersweet candied lemon peel contrasts with creamy fudge, salty pretzels, and crunchy toffee atop these indulgent sundaes drenched in selfmade caramel sauce.
Chocolate Cream and Orange Brioche Buns
Jennifer Causey / Meals Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Thom Driver
Buttery-soft brioche envelops a filling of tangy orange marmalade and silky chocolate pastry cream; crunchy pearl sugar on prime cradles a chocolate-dipped candied orange slice for a candy deal with that appears prefer it got here straight out of the pastry case.
Chocolate Tartlets with Candied Grapefruit Peel
Candied grapefruit peel provides a balancing bitterness to Jacques Pépin’s darkish chocolate pastry dusted with powdered sugar.
Bittersweet Chocolate-Truffle Tart with Candied Oranges
Pastry chef and cookbook creator Joanne Chang fills a buttery shortbread crust with orange-scented bittersweet chocolate custard, then seals the take care of candied orange slices for a sublime, decadent dessert.
Stollen
Jordan Provost / Meals Styling by Thu Buser
Stollen is a conventional German Christmas bread that is nice for entertaining or gifting all yr spherical. It is crammed with dried fruit, together with raisins and candied orange and lemon peels, and has been soaked in brandy or rum. The Nice American Baking Present winner Martin Sorge primarily based this recipe on a conventional Dresdner Stollen — the top of the yeasted fruitcake-like bread.
Chocolate-Dipped Florentine Shortbreads
© Dana Gallagher
With a buttery crust, caramelized almond and candied orange topping, and a flourish of bittersweet chocolate, Pierre Hermé’s shortbread-florentine mash-up hits all the best notes.
Edamame, Celery, and Fennel Salad with Candied Lemon
Candy candied lemon gives an surprising twist to the spicy soy-sesame dressing that blankets this crisp edamame salad.
Candied Orange Sugar Cookies
These buttery sablés from chef Suzanne Goin are particularly terrific to make if you happen to’ve obtained a pair tablespoons of candied orange peel left from one other venture — merely press a couple of slivers on every cookie slice earlier than popping the tray within the oven.
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