Elizabeth Schneider

Candied Pummelo Peel

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1¼ pounds

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables
Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables

By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1986

  • About

Those who are fond of glacéed fruit peel will be delighted with this exquisite confection. Paler, more fruity, less bitter than grapefruit peel, the candy has a sugar-crusted exterior and transparent, unusually tender interior. The peel from one pummelo yields a full 114 pounds of candy. Serve with after-dinner coffee and brandy.

Ingredients

  • 1 large pummelo (about 16 inches in circumference)
  • 1½ cups sugar

Method

  1. Deeply score pummelo skin and pith lengthwise in eighths. Pull off skin and thick white pith together. Wrap and reserve fruit for another use. Cut peel on the bias into strips ¼ inch wide or slightly less. There will be about 4