ORANGES

ORANGE ORIENTALE.

10 Oranges

1 ½ cups sugar

1 ½ cups golden syrup (I use a lesser quantity of honey and mix it with boiling water)

¼ cup lemon juice and ¼ cup cointreau or brandy. Some people use red food coloring to enhance the colors, but I add a little pomegranate juice.

Remove  the skin and white membrane  from the oranges. Cut  peels into match like strips.  Place the peels in a small pot with two cups of water  cover and  bring to the boil,  Remove from the heat and drain. Set aside.

Peel the oranges and cut into slices and place in an ovenware dish.

 In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, syrup and 1 ½ cups of water. Bring to the boil over high heat, stirring all the time until the sugar is dissolved. Cook uncovered on medium heat for ten minutes. Add the reserved peels.

Continue cooking 30 minutes  or until syrup is slightly thickened. Remove from heat. Add pomegranate juice, lemon juice and cointreau or brandy. Pour over the oranges. Allow to cool and refrigerate covered for at least eight hours.  This dessert last well for a week.  We often ate this at Debbie and she served it with vanilla ice cream . You can re heat it and serve over pancakes or with a blob of ice cream and grated cherries on top.  Enjoy.

QUICK AND EASY ORANGES.

Peel six oranges. Slice the oranges and arrange on a buttered oven dish. Sprinkle them with brown sugar and cinnamon and grate the peel of a lemon over this and add four to five cloves as well. Pour over half a cup of boiling water , orange juice and grated ginger.   Bake covered for fifteen minutes in a 180c oven  Stir the mixture and bake for five minutes more. Serve with  yogurt or custard.

ORANGE SALAD.

 Peel four oranges and slice them.  Make a green salad of lettuce, parsley and a cup of chopped mint leaves.

Make layers of oranges and the mix of greens. Add chopped pecan nuts, a diced apple and pear, a grated kohlrabi and serve with a tangy Italian dressing.  You can sprinkle coconut on top.

CARAMEL ORANGES IN FIVE MINUTES.

Turn the oven to medium. Use a buttered oven dish. Slice an orange per person and layer the slices in the oven-dish. Sprinkle a little grated ginger over this and  a few tablespoons of caramel sauce. Add a few vanilla drops. Bake for five minutes and serve

LOVE AND LIGHT

RONA

  

YOU CAN  VIEW THE ORANGES IN THE FIELDS, WAITING FOR WINTER RAINS. REMEMBER THAT ORANGES, MANDARINS, LEMONS, GRAPE FRUIT AND KUMQUATS, ARE GREAT WINTER FRUITS. THEY ARE FILLED WITH VITAMIN C AND EVERYONE NEEDS SOME DAILY.   ENJOY WINTER AND KEEP WARM. END THE DAY WITH GRAPEFRUIT IN A GLASS. SQUEEZE HALF A GRAPEFRUIT INTO A MUG OR GLASS WITH BOILING WATER, ADD HONEY AND YOU HAVE THE PERFECT WINTER DRINK

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