Mandarins in syrup

Ingredients

4

Steps

5

Serves

4

Cook Time

5-10 Min

Ingredients

  • 10 mandarin oranges
  • 15g/1⁄2oz icing sugar
  • 2 teaspoons orange flower water
  • 15g/1⁄2oz chopped pistachio nuts
  • Thinly pare a little of the zest from 1 mandarin, and cut into fine shreds for decoration. Squeeze the juice from 2 mandarins and set aside.
  • Peel the remaining mandarins, removing as much of the white pith as possible. Arrange the peeled fruit whole in a large glass dish.
  • Mix the reserved mandarin juice, sugar and orange-flower water, and pour it over the fruit. Cover the dish and chill for at least an hour.
  • Blanch the shreds of mandarin zest in boiling water for 30 seconds. Drain and leave to cool.
  • To serve, sprinkle the shreds of zest and pistachio nuts over the mandarins, and serve immediately.
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