Clementines - what to do with them?

Skint_Catt

thriftlady wrote: »

Chocolate clementines -peel them and cover in melted chocolate. Refrigerate until hard.

YUM YUM and YUM! or segment it then cover the segments with choccie! :EasterBun

thriftlady_2

Skint_Catt wrote: »

YUM YUM and YUM! or segment it then cover the segments with choccie! :EasterBun

I think that sounds nicer -more chocolate to your orange. Dried apricots are nice dipped in chocolate too

Seakay

scuzz wrote: »

If you can, peel them very carefully, so the skin is in half, widthways. The pith down the centre can then be lit and you'll have a cute, nice smelling candle. We used to do this at school at Christmas lunch

Do you lift out the clemementine leaving a stalk of pith sticking up in a cup of peel and then light? Or do you sacrifice the fruit and leave it in?

Seakay

Clementines in Brandied Syrup - makes 2 one litre jars

2kg clementines
1kg preserving or granulated sugar
2 litres water

In the spice bag:
2 inch piece fresh ginger root
1 tsp cloves
1 clementine leaf (optional)

In each jar:
2 cloves
a few shreds of ginger root
clementine leaves (optional)
aprox 250ml brandy

Pierce the skin of the clementines in a few places with a wooden skewer.

Put the sugar and water in a large pan or preserving pan with the spice bag. Bring to the boil and boil rapidly for 5 minutes. Add the clementines. Return to the boil and simmer very gently for about one hour or until they are soft.

Lift out the frfuit with a slotted spoon. Arrange in the hot sterilized jars with the spices and clenmentine leaves, if using.

Bring the syrup to the boil and boil rapidly for ten minutes. remove from heat and allow to cool a little.

Pour enough brandy into the jars to half fill them. Top up with syrup and seal.

Ready in one month, but better with keeping. Shelf life two years. The clementines look a little wrinkled as they mature, but this does not affect the flavour.


You could substitute the brandy with vinegar and make pickled clementines.

Dinah93

Does anyone have any ideas? Got a really big bag reduced to 25p the other day for my OH who loves them, but he's been called away for a few days for work, and I have no clue what to do with them except to eat a couple and chuck the rest as they're just too bitter for me to enjoy. Was thinking maybe a sorbet or something? I have an ice cream maker (never used) my gran bought me about a month ago, but if anyone has any other ideas, ideally something that can be frozen or taken over for a treat to my mum when i go to hers for dinner on sunday, that'd be fantastic.

D x

Penelope_Penguin

Nigella's clementine cake is delicious. It's in this thread - clementines and what to do with them.

Penny. x

Pink.

Hi Dinah,

I've added your thread to the one that Penny suggested as it helps to keep all the ideas together.

Pink

scottishminnie

Looking for some help. I bought a bag of clementines in Asda at the weekend for lunch boxes and have just tried one. They are as dry as an old stick :mad:

They looked lovely but there is no way I can eat the remainder as they are. Does anyone know of a way I can use them where it won't matter than they have little or no juice?

Thanks

BitterAndTwisted

No juice in a citrus fruit is useless. I'd chuck them after I'd zested them

Grimbal

Not made it myself, but Nigella made a clementine cake. As it's made with the whole of the fruit, I'm guessing that the lack of juice wouldn't be too much of a problem?