Oranges/satsumas

[Tilly2]

I have overdone it this week and bought a bag of ten satsumas and a bag of eight oranges.
They are not being eaten for some reason but I don't want to waste them. Can you freeze orange and satsuma segments? Or, does anyone have any other ideas as to what I can do with them. I'm not at work today, so could spend some time doing something with them.

[DTCwordfan]

maker some sorbet for Christmas......bet that goes down well......I can dig out a recipe if you wish.....got an ice-cream-machine or not?

[Maydup]

You could juice the fruit and freeze that.

[Tilly2]

No.DT. No ice cream machine. Sorbet sounds nice though.

[Tilly2]

I don't have a juicer either. I suppose I could do it manually.

[DTCwordfan]

It really is very simple:

Ingredients

3/4 litre of freshly squeezed orange juice
1/2 cup granulated sugar

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine 1/4 litre orange juice and sugar. Bring to a boil, and cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. In a shallow 2-quart dish, combine mixture with remaining orange juice. Transfer to the freezer.

Freeze until solid, 2 to 2 1/2 hours.

With a fork, break into large pieces; working in batches, transfer to a food processor (or use an electric beater), and process until smooth - keepo icy as possible.

Return to freezer in storage or keep covered in the freezer until ready to serve.

Soften at room temperature 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

Variations: take the zest of two oranges and make sure there is no pith, chop up finely and add to the orange sugar mix for boiling along with 4 tablespoons of lemon juice - just drain the syrup off at the end and reserve.....this gets the extra flavour out of the peel.

Campari can be an unusual palate cleanser and very different to the campari and orange juice drink. Let the orange syrup cool and before freezing add 3 or 4 tablespoons of Campari and stir in. Then freeze as above. Vodka and Gin also work as does a sparkling white wine.

And watch it disappear down the gullets.

[Tilly2]

Thank you for bothering to type all that, DT. I'll give it a go.

[DTCwordfan]

No probs - you can also squeeze the satsumas in too......one of those cheap juice squeezers would help you....four quid in Lakeland for a glass one

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/12322/Glass-Juicer

[Tilly2]

I have a lemon squeezer, DT an old glass one that was my mum's. What I meant was, I don't have an electric juicer.

I'll get my husband to do the juicing part. He likes to be helpful!

[B00]

And don't throw away the rinds!

http://honestlywtf.co...y/diy-satsuma-candle/

[Tilly2]

Thanks, Boo. I'll bear that in mind.

[Mosaic]

Tis the season to make scented things.....slice oranges thickly and lay on a little kitchen paper in the bottom of the slowest of slow ovens overnight if not longer.

You will get a wonderful smell of orange oil and dried thingummies that you can use in Christmas wreaths or pot-pourri mixes.

Do the same with whole satsumas but first push a few whole cloves into the skin. Smells lovely.

[Tilly2]

That's a good idea too, mosaic. I didn't think of making something with them in that way.

[coccinelle]

Marmalade??

[mrs_overall]

Slice some of the oranges, lay the slices on kitchen paper in an airing cupboard or near a radiator for a week and you will have some dried orange slices to use as Xmas decorations or to put in pot pourri

[Tilly2]

Thanks for all the ideas everyone.