Calamondin Recipes - the sour orange in cooking

Ingredients

• 1 cup Calamondins (approx.)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 quarter pint water

Instructions

Prepare the fruit.
1) Clean the Calamondins. You do not need to remove the peel, but scrub it throughly. For this recipe it is easier to use larger fruit.
2) Slice the fruit horrizontally, giving you a star shaped cross section. Go for slices about a quarter inch thick. Discard the top and bottom of the fruit.
3) Remove the seeds. Due to the number and size, this can leave the fruit looking rather holey.

Make the syrup.
4) Mix the sugar and water in a warm saucepan.
5) Stir over a low heat until sugar is dissolved.

Make the slices
6) Place the slices in the syrup and simmer gently until cooked (usually 20-40 minutes)
7) Once it is ready (the segments will look translucent) remove from pan wih a spatula and leave them to cool on racks. Warning: These will be very hot!

Notes:

• To make more syrup simply keep a ratio of 2:1 sugar/water.
• Remember melted sugar is very hot, so take care.