Snow day projects

[hudebnik]

We have a long list, far longer than the expected storm, but one is candying some citron.

The recipe said it should take about 45 minutes of simmering to get the syrup to "thread" stage.  After five hours, we decided it had actually reached that stage.  The kitchen has smelled heavenly all day (although some of that time it was lamb chili).  Citron pieces have become transparent and are now draining.  shalmestere tasted the syrup and said "it's almost like perfume."

Comments

[ilaine-dcmrn.livejournal.com]

Looks like a citron somebody optimized for rind.

[hudebnik.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's clearly a case of maximizing surface-to-volume ratio.

The neat thing is that you can use every bit of it, after chopping off the stem. There's no bitter pith, no seeds, no membranes... sort of the Babelfish of fruit.