I spent a good part of the day cleaning my messy back yard, winter had left its mark and from the kids continually leave everything out
side. It is amazing how much cutlery I
find hidden in the garden! It had been a
typically hot Aussie day and I was thirsty so I headed into the kitchen for a
glass of water. I bought some lemons that morning and quickly squeezed some
into a jug of water, then, I placed some slices of lemon into my jug. Looked pretty! Take a Photo!
Maybe I can put that on the blog!
When lemon is sliced it has so many dimensions to it making
it interesting to look at. I always
wanted to make sugared lemon slices. Hmmm, I have some more lemons in the fridge
and some oranges too. Can’t be too hard to make? A quick bit of research results in lots of
different recipes. Which one to try,
perhaps a little bit of this one, little bit of that one and let’s see what
happens!
Wash the fruit and slice into rounds. Using a saucepan make sugar syrup by
dissolving a cup of caster sugar in a cup of water. Add the fruit, keeping it lying flat in the
pot. Simmer for 15 minutes. Take out the fruit and discard the sugar
syrup, this will get rid of a lot of the bitterness from the pith of the fruit,
and it did, I did a taste test… blak! Make another lot of sugar syrup and add fruit. Simmer for another half hour or so.
Using tongs take out the fruit and lay on
trays covered with baking paper. This
can be left to dry naturally but I am impatient and put mine in the oven on slow and let it dry
out over a couple of hours.
How does it
taste you ask? Pretty good actually, BUT
to finish them off I dipped them in caster sugar. The sugar should stick well as the sugar syrup
has made the fruit all sticky. I love the visual effect of the finished product
and they taste interesting and quite different. I’m thinking these might make some lovely
little Christmas pressies.
So as you can see, I did no cooking that weekend! Lol
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