Questions tagged [oranges]
Oranges are orange-colored fist-sized citrus fruits. Use this tag for questions about selecting, identifying, storing, preparing, replacing or cooking with oranges as an ingredient. Questions about dishes which include oranges, but are not focused on oranges, should not use this tag.
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Can I post-redden blood oranges?
Blood oranges turn red by experiencing night frost. Many places say that citrus don't post-ripen after picking. Does that extend to the color change, or could I subject non-red blood oranges to a ...
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Is blood orange zest different from orange zest when the fruit has not reddened?
I've been buying blood oranges by the kilo net, and there are always some fruits without red peel and flesh. I do feel those smell less different from ordinary oranges than the reddened specimens do, ...
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How do you make orange herbal tea from scratch?
I'm trying to make homemade orange herbal tea bags from scratch.
I have found some recipes that require drying fresh orange peels, and then brewing it on a stovetop with other spices such as cinnamon, ...
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Why does peanutbutter become dry when mixed with orange zest and juice?
Last night I mixed some peanut butter (consisting only of peanut and peanut oil) with some orange zest and raisins. After adding the orange zest the peanut butter became too dry to my liking so I gave ...
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Can I use orange juice to pasteurize egg whites?
I'm making a meringue and I just realized I don't have tartar or lemon juice, but I do have oranges? And I read that you can use anything acidic but I dont know. So I would like to know if it's ok to ...
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How to avoid having pith on dried orange peels
I am trying to prepare some dried orange peel for a Mexican chocolate bread recipe. From what I've read, the first step is cutting thin strips of outer peel off an orange without getting any pith. I ...
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How to reduce or eliminate the flavor of orange in a stew?
I made a stew that required a couple of slices of orange, and it now has a strong orange flavor. It was cooking for over 3 hours and the orange skin was even dissolved. Any tips? Thanks.
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How can one clarify orange juice to clear orange flavoured gelatine?
In UK we have a small cake called a jaffa cake which has a sponge base with an orange flavoured gelatin disc covered two thirds of base (think flying saucer/UFO shape) and covered with chocolate.
I ...
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Why is egg and orange juice such a bad combo? [closed]
Eggs and orange juice are not uncommon around the breakfast table, but unfortunately, eating and drinking both in the same mouthful was an unpleasant surprise.
It was as if a chemical reaction had ...
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Sliced citrus in a pie?
I've been considering making an orange pie - but something generally closer to e.g. an apple or pear pie than a key-lime. Something with distinct slices, not a custard(-ish) filling. From a cursory ...
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Old, unpasteurized orange juice has extra tang
I've been buying unpasteurized orange juice recently for its richer flavor, as compared to pasteurized OJ. I've had some sitting in the fridge for about a week, and upon tasting it just now I noticed ...
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Use orange juice instead of water for syrup to make Orangettes?
I used this serious eats recipe to make orangettes. After removing the oranges from the syrup in the end I further reduced it in order not to waste it. After tasting I though it could do with a bit ...
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How do I concentrate the flavor in orange juice?
I poured squeezed orange juice over my meatballs and I thought how well it complements them, but that it's too watery to enjoy with meat. I proceeded to reduce squeezed orange juice on the stove with ...
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Skin oranges 24-h in advance?
I want to squeeze oranges quickly using the screw-type motorized juicers (e.g. Hurom). It would be good if I can have them pre-supremed and ready to be put in the juicer.
Will removing the rind of ...
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How to dry/preserve whole oranges [closed]
I recently made an orange pomander ball and I want to dry it so that I can use it in the future but I live in a fairly foggy and dreary area so it would be hard to simply set it out. Does anyone have ...
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Should I add water to my homemade orange juice? [closed]
I am considering adding water to my fresh-squeezed orange juice. The purpose is mainly to obtain a juice that is less acidic and easier to digest. I suppose there are pros and cons for mixing water/...
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Can I peel a mandarin orange like the commercial canners do?
I can't stand the pith on citrus fruit. Canned mandarin oranges seem to have their segments magically removed from the outer membrane that surrounds it. I know how to supreme a citrus fruit, and that ...
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How to reduce the flavour of orange zest in chicken?
I recently tried to make orange chicken and the recipe required the zest of one orange. Well I added too much zest and the orange peel flavor is overpowering. How can I reduce that flavor?
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What is the name of a drink made with iced tea and orange juice?
Iced tea and lemonade is known as an Arnold Palmer. I mix mine in 50/50 proportions.
Lacking lemonade, I mixed 50/50 iced tea and pulpy orange juice. I really kind of like the result and nicknamed ...
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What is the difference in flavour between the zest of an orange vs lemon vs lime
I am anosmic (do not have a sense of smell) and therefore am reduced in my perception of flavours to the flavours my tongue can detect, every time I zest a citrus fruit I always hear everyone talk of ...
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Orange peel loose/baggy around orange: Is that a problem?
I bought a bag of oranges a couple of days ago and on a couple of oranges the peel was baggy and loose around the orange. Are those particular oranges any good? What causes that?
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Can a blood orange be half bloody?
I've got a "sanguino moro" (blood/red) orange, but it appears to be only half-bloody, as in the photo below. However all figures I've found on the internet show oranges that are purely red inside, for ...
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Is there a quick, easy, mess-free way to peel an orange (or grapefruit)?
Just what the title says, I don't enjoy getting my fingers all messy and I don't like getting a lot of pith. Is there a better way than just...peeling?
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Are there any cons to heating orange and grape juice?
Very simply I'd like to offer guests mixed heated orange and grape juice in the winter. I'm not sure why this isn't more common since hot lemonade and hot cider exist.
Are there any nutritional cons ...
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Baking or Cooking - why orange and not other sweet citrus fruit?
In most of the recipes that have any sweet citrus flavoring, it is usually Orange (zest and juice). In fact I've hardly seen a recipe that uses a substitute like mandarin, grapefruit, etc. Is there a ...
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What are the pips and skin of an orange?
When the orange is soft and cold, cut in half and remove any pips. Process the whole orange, including the skin, until medium chunky
From: http://www.maryberry.co.uk/recipes/baking/whole-orange-spice-...
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Do I need to freeze this puree and syrup?
Related questions: What causes a cake to sink in the center? and How can I get the maximum flavor from orange peels?
I ended up simmering the zest of 6 oranges (peeled with a vegetable peeler, so ...
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How can I get the maximum flavor from orange peels?
At first glance this question might look like a duplicate of this one: How can I intensify the orange flavour in orange cake? it isn't. I'm making this cake for the second time:Orange Olive Oil Cake ...
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Are these vestigial seeds in a "seedless" orange?
Two recent organic navel oranges had a lot of these 2-x-head-of-a-pin-sized seed-like things. Each orange had maybe 25 of them clinging to the very center membrane in the orange. I allowed them to dry ...
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How can I preserve an orange (peel) for as long as possible?
Not really cooking-related, but I thought I might ask here anyway. I got some signatures on an orange, and want to preserve them for as long as possible. Should I peel the orange? Freeze it? I heard ...
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Cooking oranges to put in a cake
I found some recipes like this one for orange cake where the oranges are cooked in whole for 45 minutes up to two hours before they get pureed.
What does cooking oranges do to them - does it remove ...
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How can I tell when the wax has been removed from citrus fruit?
This evening I tried different ways (taken from other cooking forums) of removing the wax coating from lemons.
Pouring boiling water over
In a bowl with (initially) boiling water for five minutes
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How to substitute oranges in a mango mousse recipe?
I'm looking for a recipe for orange mousse without eggs, but hopefully with gelatine. I've tried to search for some recipes on google but didn't really find anything too good. I have a very delicious ...
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Seville oranges for marmalade - how important is freshness?
We're currently (in January) in the brief season for seville oranges which means it's marmalade making time.
I acquired some sevilles as soon as they appeared in the shops here a week ago. However ...
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How to preserve home made orange juice [duplicate]
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How to keep fresh-squeezed fruit juice?
I love orange juice and I make it using blender. Yesterday I made juice of around 50 oranges. At the end of the day I still had around ...
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Orange sauce for goose
I've been to this wonderful Chinese place where they served goose in orange sauce/gravy.
I've been looking for a recipe for it all over the Internet, but everything I found looked pretty far from it.
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Can you make orange juice with a blender?
I have a box full of clementines. Can I make orange juice in a blender?
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Clementine ice cream
I made this clementine cake a while back, and very much appreciated the fact that it uses the entire fruit. I found a good deal on clementines today, and was thinking of trying to do something similar ...
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How to serve oranges so it is easy for guests to enjoy them?
Usually I just cut them into 6 pieces (see image), but it's kind of messy to eat them this way.
Is there a better way?
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What's an easy to use juicer that juices oranges as well as other fruit?
I would like to buy a juicer for making fruit juice, including orange juice.
But the juicers that I've seen fall into one of two categories:
Work for all fruits, but you have to peel oranges.
Work ...
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How well do frozen oranges peel after frozen?
I was wondering if freezing an orange would make it easier to peal and remove most/all the pith.
I want to make an orange smoothie, so having it frozen would be a good thing, but I have no idea if it ...
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Is there a use for the rind after making Citrus Sugar?
I have made Citrus Sugar and am now separating the lemon (and/or orange) rind from the sugar. Now I am wondering is there any use for the leftover citrus rind?
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How can I make orange caramel sauce?
I'm planning to make a chocolate orange cake and fancied making an orange caramel sauce to go with it.
My plan is to make a caramel sauce by heating up butter and sugar in a pan , stirring all the ...
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How much juice can you get from an orange?
I wanted to make fresh orange juice using a squeezer and wanted to know how many oranges it takes to make an 8oz glass of juice?
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What's the black thing at the bottom of navel oranges?
Sometimes I'll cut into a navel orange and notice something black inside which originates at the bottom of the orange, where the navel is. What is it?
I have seen it get pretty far into the fruit too....
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Why do fresh mandarin oranges get very bitter when baked?
Why do fresh mandarin oranges get very bitter when baked?
What compound in mandarin oranges turns bitter when heated?
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How can I add a strong orange flavor to my dishes?
I love the taste of oranges, and I'm looking for ways to introduce that flavor into some of my cooking.
I've tried adding orange juice and pieces of orange when frying or baking, but I find that ...
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