Candied Oranges

Original Recipe

Candied orange is a great delicacy, which is easily made: Peel and quarter the oranges; make a syrup in the proportion of one pound of sugar to one pint of water; let it boil until it will harden in water; then take it from the fire and dip the quarters of orange in the syrup; let them drain on a fine sieve placed over a platter so that the syrup will not be wasted; let them drain thus until cool, when the sugar will crystallize. These are nice served with the last course of dinner. Any fruit the same.

Ingredients

grocery
  • 1 great delicacy
  • 1 syrup in the proportion of one pound of sugar to one pint of water
  • 1 fine sieve placed over a platter so that the syrup will not be wasted

Shop Ingredients

Shop on Instacart

Prices and availability vary by location. We may earn a commission from purchases.

Required Gear

kitchen
Fine Mesh Strainer

* We may earn a commission from these links.

receipt_long

Instructions

  1. 1

    Candied orange is a great delicacy, which is easily made: Peel and quarter the oranges; make a syrup in the proportion of one pound of sugar to one pint of water; let it boil until it will harden in water; then take it from the fire and dip the quarters of orange in the syrup; let them drain on a fine sieve placed over a platter so that the syrup will not be wasted; let them drain thus until cool, when the sugar will crystallize.

  2. 2

    These are nice served with the last course of dinner.

  3. 3

    Any fruit the same.

Sources & Citations

Sources included so you can explore further.

Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)