Save up your orange peels from juicing as you will want a stash of this orange paste at the ready. Easy to make, a tablespoon of orange paste livens up cake batter, oats granola, butternut squash mash, pumpkin pie filling, spicy beef chili, cranberry sauce to name a few things. We use it in our Orange Peel Polenta Cake and it also deepens the flavor of our savory Ultima Sweet Potato Cakes.
Ingredients
SERVINGS: 1 Cup(s)
- 2 cups coarsely chopped orange peels (pith included)
- 1 tablespoon raw cane sugar
Preparation
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Toss orange peels with sugar and spread out evenly on a baking sheet. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until the peels are softened. Purée in a blender. Store in an airtight container. It keeps for a week in the fridge.
