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#LIQUID ALCHEMIST BLOOD ORANGE FULL#

To see if your syrup has gone bad, check for an “off” smell or mould or it may begin to look cloudy. I find preserving jars and bottles best and make sure the seals are good. You can store your syrup for up to a month (sometimes more) in an airtight container or preserving jar.

Desserts: Use the steps in the recipe card to make it thicker so that you can pour it over pancakes, waffles or ice cream.

Salad dressings: With it’s sweetness and citrus tang, orange simple syrup is lovely in salad dressings, including fruit salad.

Cakes: Use a pastry brush to brush the cooled syrup over each cake layer to add moisture and flavour.

Ice cubes: Freeze it in ice cube trays, then add them to water or soda water for a lightly flavoured, refreshing drink.

Drinks: Use simple syrup to flavour and sweeten cold drinks like cocktails, mocktails, iced tea and iced coffee.

The flavour is bold and is perfect for pouring over waffles, pancakes and ice cream or whatever dessert you can imagine. To use this blood orange syrup over desserts, I just continue to boil the mixture until it reduces to 1 cup total and it becomes much thicker – more like a maple syrup consistency. I often take my simple syrups one step further and thicken them up to use for desserts. Stick to the basic recipe below – 1:1 ratio, cooked just until the sugar has dissolved – then once cooled, you can brush it over your cake layers. Using simple syrup to brush over cakes adds moisture and flavoured varieties like this orange simple syrup are a great way to add more flavour too. You can make a more subtle syrup by using water in place of the juice and cutting up a couple of oranges to boil along with it but I much prefer the vibrant flavour of using the actual juice. This recipe makes a rich orange flavoured syrup. I like using good preserving jars with a rubber seal.

The syrup now just needs to be cooled and then stored in an airtight container in the fridge.

Bring it to boil and then remove it from the heat.

Add that with sugar in a nonreactive saucepan and cook swirling until the sugar dissolves.

Take the peel of one orange, leaving behind the white pith, then juice your oranges.

#LIQUID ALCHEMIST BLOOD ORANGE FULL#

See the recipe card below for the full recipe details. This blood orange syrup is just so simple to make. While aluminium or copper may be used in the construction of pots and pans, so long as it’s not part of the cooking surface, it will be safe to use. Stainless steel and cast-iron are both non-reactive, while copper and aluminium are reactive. When a pan reacts to it’s contents, it can damage the pan and / or transfer metals into the foods inside them. Preserving jars like my favourite Weck preserving jarsĪ nonreactive saucepan is one that’s made from a material that does not react with acidic foods.A nonreactive heavy based saucepan is best for distributing heat evenly.A strainer so you can juice the oranges and hold back any pulp or pips.Sugar: You want just plain white granulated sugar here, or caster sugar (superfine) which is what I keep on hand.So just pick your favourite or what you can get your hands on right now. Oranges: I’ve used blood oranges here but all types will work – even mandarins and tangelos.You have to love a recipe with just 2 ingredients.ĭetailed quantities and directions in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. In this case, I’ve used blood oranges for their gorgeous colour but all oranges will work as long as you use the same ratios.

This orange simple syrup is just a like a regular syrup but absolutely bursting with orange flavour. Cake decorators also use simple syrup as a way to keep cakes moist. Simple syrup is a regular in cocktails and drinks like iced tea or coffee – cold drinks where sugar won’t dissolve but a little sweetness is nice. Simple syrup is a combination of sugar and liquid in a 1:1 ratio that is cooked until the sugar has dissolved completely and you have a clear syrup. You’ll love this lemon simple syrup as well and you can actually use either recipe for any citrus. This one here is blood orange syrup but any oranges will work. This orange simple syrup is so easy to make and perfect for sweetening drinks from iced tea to cocktails, use it in salad dressings and even for flavouring and adding moisture to cakes and other desserts.