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Have the holidays been on your mind lately? I gave them some thought the other day as I was peeling two large grapefruit we found at the farm stand. The peels were so pretty ... and such a nice solid thickness for making candied grapefruit ... within minutes I had them bathing in a homemade simple syrup (about 1/4 cup of sugar to 1 cup of water) gently simmering them for about thirty minutes. After removing the peels from the syrup with a slotted spoon, I set them to dry on waxed paper and sprinkled them with granulated sugar. The finished candied grapefruit will be used in homemade granola to be included in a Breakfast Gift Basket as well as prettily packaged in small, parchment paper lined boxes and given as token gifts alone...or included in other gift baskets. Judging from your blogs, it's my guess you all are way ahead of me!
Sending love and good thoughts to all, as always.
Warmly,
Tracey and Family x0x
Note: I forgot to mention that I like to use organic granulated sugar whenever I can ... also ... I save the leftover simple~syrup and use it to flavor and sweeten tea...iced and/or hot!
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Note: I put some of the thicker (already candied) peels into the dehydrator for a few hours to encourage complete drying.
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