How to Make Dried Tangerine Peel

Method4 steps

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   Step 1: Wash the five whole fruits under running water and dry them thoroughly with a clean towel. If scoring helps with peeling, lightly score the peel from the top to about two thirds of the way down. Cut only the skin: avoid cutting into the flesh or wetting the peel with juice.

   Uses 5 tangerines, mandarins or clementines · Running water for washing the whole fruit

2. 2

   Step 2: Peel from the stem end in wedges, like peeling a banana. At the bottom, pull the skin away from the fruit. Reserve the peeled fruit to eat separately; only the skins go into this preparation.

   Uses Washed, dried and optionally scored five fruits

   
3. 3

   Step 3: With a serrated knife, carefully scrape away most of the white pith from the inside of the peels to reduce bitterness.

   Uses Peels from the five fruits, with the fruit flesh set aside

   
4. 4

   Step 4: Spread the scraped peels on a clean sheet pan in a sunny, dry place with good air movement. A sunny windowsill is the author’s indoor option. For outdoor fruit drying, use hot, dry, breezy weather of at least 85°F/about 29°C, ideally below 60% humidity; protect the peels from birds and insects with a clean food-safe screen or cheesecloth and bring them under shelter at night. Turn the peels once a day. The author’s guide is about five days, but weather changes the drying time: keep drying until every piece is completely hard and crisp, with no soft or moist areas. Store only the fully dried peels in a clean airtight container.

   Uses Pith-scraped tangerine peels