Set a piece of parchment paper on top of the clementine slices to keep them submerged in the liquid. Reduce heat so mixture is just simmering. Once sugar is dissolved and mixture is boiling, add clementine slices. Add sugar and bring to a boil, whisking to dissolve sugar. Remove tea bags and return saucepan to the stovetop. Let steep for 10 minutes for a strong brewed tea.Ģ. Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan then remove from heat and add tea bags. Many thanks to Rooi Life for sending me samples of South African rooibos to play around with in my tea foodie kitchen.Īdapted by Suzanne Klein, Tea Foodie from the New York Times recipe for Candied Clementines by John Willoughby.ĥ clementine (or mandarin) oranges, scrubbed clean and thinly sliced (with peel on)ġ. While you can gobble up the candied clementines on their own, they also make a gorgeous garnish for cakes or cupcakes- especially chocolate ones!
Refrigerate that syrup and keep it on hand for sweetening iced tea and flavoring cocktails. Bonus is that you end up with a citrus infused rooibos syrup as a byproduct of the process. I was able to simmer the clementines in a strong rooibos syrup for two hours, infusing the orange slices with gentle hints of the rooibos flavor.
Rooibos is an herb, not a true tea, so you can steep it for a long time and get intense flavor without the astringency or bitterness of over steeped tea leaves. Rooibos, a South African bush plant that is steeped like tea, brews into a rich mohogany red liquor with notes of honey, caramel, and vanilla. Simmering the clementines in rooibos tea seemed like a natural pairing.
Replace the water with a strong brewed tea and you’ve got the perfect tea-infused treat, and a great way to incorporate tea into your cooking. The method is a simple one, with just three ingredients-clementines, water, and sugar. I decided to candy sweet clementine oranges. So I couldn’t let this citrus season go by without trying a DIY candied orange recipe-all with the intention of pairing with chocolate, of course. Set a bag of chocolate dipped candied orange peel in front of me? Gone in about a minute. Anytime I see a Terry’s chocolate orange at the market, I scoop one (or two) up.
I have memories of my dad treating me to Swiss Orange Chip ice cream at Swenson’s as a kid. Orange-chocolate is my second favorite dessert flavor, next to lemon.
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