- Greek orange spoon sweet (gliko koutaliou portokali)
Greek orange spoon sweet (gliko koutaliou portokali)
It's really easy to make and is a delightful sweet to eat.
Ingredients
Number of serving: 4
4 large seedless
oranges preferably with a thick skin.
Sugar the same weight as the oranges after they have been boiled.
Preparation
- Wash the oranges and thinly slice off the top and tail. Put them in a pan with enough water to cover them and boil for 1 hour.
- Let them cool and then weigh them. Cut in half horizontally and then cut the halves in half vertically.
- Cut the quarters into thin slices 1cm approx. Empty the water from the pan and put the oranges in.
- Add the same weight of sugar. Bring to the boil and then simmer until it becomes a syrup not too thick. This should be about 30 minutes.
- Put the hot sweet into hot sterilised jars and save.
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