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Candied Citrus Peels

16 Monday Dec 2013

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Desserts, Entertaining, Events, Holidays

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candied citrus peels, citrus, grapefruits, lemons, limes, mandarins, oranges, sugar

Candied Citrus Peels

Candied Citrus Peels

I saw this recipe for candied citrus peel last year in Sunset magazine and REALLY wanted to make it…but just never found the time. I guess it was one of “those” holiday seasons. This year, I find myself looking for work in a new city, cooking and baking a lot when I’ve become overloaded with job applications. Ok, it doesn’t take me that much to get overloaded with that…But I don’t have the cash for extravagant gifts this year, so instead I am going the homemade route…

Candied Citrus Peels

Candied Citrus Peel! It’s super easy to make, a little labor intensive, and definitely a process that takes time. Kind of like homemade Limoncello, but you just have to wait a day or so for your peels to be ready instead of weeks! The result here is SUPER worth it, I must say. It’s like candy you don’t even feel guilty about eating, because A.) You made it B.) We are eating citrus peels, how weird and healthy and fibrous must that be? and C.) It’s totally natural, and tastes so pure and wonderful compared to those citrus gummies you get at the store.

Candied Citrus Peels

Candied Citrus Peels

And can we talk about how they are so great by themselves, but they have so many other uses? You can dip half of the peels in chocolate if you really want to go crazy, you can put them in cocktail (like your homemade limoncello), you end up with leftover simple syrup for pancakes or cocktails…And just you wait for the cocktail I am going to show you later using all of the leftover juice from the oranges, lemons, limes, and grapefruits…

After marinating in some simple syrup...

After marinating in some simple syrup…

Laying out to dry...

Laying out to dry…

Save that Syrup for other uses!

Save that Syrup for other uses!

Admittedly, I was a bit nervous that these weren’t going to be worth the time and labor, but holy crap I will make these year after year they are so good. They have been a huge hit with everyone who has tried them!

Candied Citrus Peels

Candied Citrus Peels

Recipe
Candied Citrus Peel
adapted from Sunset Magazine
makes about 4 1/2 cups

Ingredients

  • 3 grapefruits
  • 3 limes
  • 3 lemons
  • 3 oranges (we actually used mandarins because it was what we had on hand)
  • 4 cups water
  • 4 cups sugar, plus extra for rolling/dusting

Directions

  1. Score grapefruit, oranges, lemons and limes through peel from top to bottom in sections (don’t cut into fruit.) Pull off strips of peel with your fingers. Slide a small, sharp knife along inside of peels to remove excess membrane so peels are about 1/4 in. thick. Cut peels lengthwise into strips about 1/2 in. wide in center and tapered on ends.
  2. Put peels in a pot and add cold water to cover. Bring to a boil, then drain. Repeat twice more. Don’t skip this step, it helps remove the bitterness from your peels.
  3. Refill pan with 4 cups water and 4 cups sugar; bring to a boil, making sure that sugar dissolves. Add peels and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer gently, stirring occasionally, until peels turn translucent and syrup begins to form bigger bubbles, about 1 1/2 hours.
  4. Drain peels, saving syrup for other uses (such as topping for pancakes or simple syrup for cocktails) if you like. Spread peels on a nonreactive cooling rack set on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Let peels dry overnight.
  5. Put about 1 cup sugar in a bowl and toss peels in sugar by the handful, shaking off excess. Put peels on a clean baking sheet and let them dry 1 more day.

Make ahead: Up to 3 months, chilled airtight.

Thirsty Thursday | Grapefruit Margaritas

14 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Boozy, Easy, Entertaining, Thirsty Thursday

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grapefruit, grapefruit juice, ice, lime, lime juice, limes, margaritas, orange liqueur, salt, tequila, triple sec

Grapefruit MargaritasI made these for a party we threw last week, and I think they were a hit! Until we ran out of triple sec…Note to self: Never run out of triple sec again or your party is ruined (not really, but serious buzzkill).

Any drink that you can make in a giant pitcher is a winner in my book…Because entertaining is hard enough, you don’t want to be shaking up cocktails one by one, do you?

Part of me thought this drink was too summery to serve at our fiesta – pink, fruity, and tons of tequila. That screams summer to me…but I’m always eating grapefruits in the winter, so suddenly this drink just made sense to mix up. I was tempted to make the easiest margaritas ever, but I’m happy I found something a little different, and seriously just as easy!Grapefruit MargaritasIna’s recipe calls for you to bust out the blender – but I just mixed everything together in a pitcher and it was still excellent. I have never been a big fan of blended margs and getting out the blender is too much work and too much of a mess when you are hosting a party.

Recipe
Grapefruit Margaritas
Adapted from Ina Garten
Makes 6 Margaritas

Ingredients

  • 1 Lime cut into wedges
  • Kosher salt (optional)
  • 1 cup ruby red grapefruit juice
  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (about 4 limes)
  • 1 cup triple sec (or any preferred orange liqueur)
  • 1 cup white tequila
  • ice (about 2 cups, or enough to fill 6 glasses)

Directions

If you like your margaritas with a salt rim, rub the lime around the edge of each glass and dip the rim lightly on a plate of kosher salt. Set aside to dry.

Combine the grapefruit juice, lime juice, orange liqueur, and tequila in a large pitcher and stir. Add ice to glasses, pour in the margarita mixture, and garnish with a lime slice!

Thai Beef Salad…from a model

06 Tuesday Mar 2012

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Bloggerific, Easy, Healthy, Main Dish, Side Dish, Steak

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amazing, beef, brown sugar, chrissy teigen, cilantro, fish sauce, jalepenos, limes, palm sugar, red onion, salad, shallots, snohomish, steak, swimsuit model, thai, thai chili powder, tomatoes, twitter, yum nua

Ok, time for me to go on a huge tangent (I guess it’s not really a tangent since it’s my first sentence…) but this is how it all started:

I joined Twitter for “professional” reasons about a month ago. I still have no idea what I am doing on there, nor do I know if I even like it that much…but anyways, my friend Morgan told me I *HAD TO* start following Chrissy Teigen. I didn’t recognize her name, but I instantly knew she was super hot and liked food. Pretty good combo. A few days passed, I got on Twitter again, and was like, “Who IS she?” Then found the link to her website, and oh my god, it is basically my dream blog. Food…recipes…obsessed with Pioneer Woman…holy shit, is that John Legend?!? WHAT IS GOING ON!!!

So then I go to wikipedia, and find out that not only is she some awesome swimsuit model, BUT SHE IS FROM SNOHOMISH. Which means we were basically neighbors and therefore would probably be best friends if we met in real life. Then I finally make the connection that she was the model in almost all of the Alloy catalogs I used to get back in the day (aka two years ago…but nevermind that) and I am just super in love.

So I made a few of her recipes this weekend.

And they did not disappoint. The steak may have gotten a little overcooked (those damn limes…) and we may not have had all the fancy ingredients, but this still turned out so good! I always figured the first thai dish I tried to make would be an epic failure, but no! If you have never made a thai dish before, this is a great place to start! And low carb and totally healthy in my book. If I eat this everyday, I am hoping my body will morph into a double of Chrissy’s.

Recipe
Thai Beef Salad (Yum Nua)
from So Delushious

Ingredients

  • Good steak, cooked preferably on a grill to rare or medium rare (the lime will do some additional cooking). Allow to rest at room temp before slicing.
  • 4 Shallots or 1 small red onion, sliced into skinny wedges
  • 1 bunch Cilantro, coarsely chopped, no stems
  • Tomatoes, cherry (1/2 c sliced in half) or 1-2 vine ripened (cut into wedges)
  • 2 Limes
  • 1 tbs Palm sugar or brown sugar (I used brown)
  • 1-2 tbs Fish sauce
  • 1tbs Thai chili powder or regular chili powder if you go to lame grocery stores like me
  • Fresh Thai chili peppers or jalapenos, sliced thinly

Grill the steak as directed above and slice into thin strips after allowing to rest for 15-20 min.  Add to a large mixing bowl. Add palm or brown sugar to a small bowl and add some of the lime juice and mush into a thick liquid form. The non-vegetable ingredients go first into the steak bowl, lime, fish sauce, chili powder, sugar. Toss with your hands to incorporate all over the steak. Add the rest of the veggies, toss and taste. Tasting as you go is the most important part. Mine tasted amazing right off the bat, so no adjusting required.

NOTE: It is highly likely you will be seeing more posts relating to Chrissy Teigen, she is a girl crush (and blog crush) that I don’t see going away anytime soon. ❤

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