Candied Angelica
2 hr + 3 days · makes 1 small jar
Crops from your garden in this recipe: 🌿 Angelica
Ingredients
- 250 g Young angelica stalks, picked in spring (grown in the garden)
- 250 g Granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp Salt
Green items are crops you can grow yourself.
Method
- Cut the stalks into 8 cm lengths, sprinkle with salt, cover with boiling water and leave for 10 minutes. Drain, peel off the stringy outer skin and rinse.
- Simmer in fresh water for 10 minutes until tender and bright green, then drain.
- Weigh the stalks and put in a bowl with an equal weight of sugar. Cover and leave for 2 days to draw out the juice.
- Boil the stalks and syrup together for 10 minutes until clear and translucent, then leave for a day.
- Drain, roll in sugar and dry on a wire rack in a very low oven (100C) for about 2 hours. Use to decorate cakes and trifles.