FRESH ORANGE RECIPES RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare dough for a 1-crust pie, adding grated orange zest. Line pie plate with pastry. Prick pastry with fork to prevent puffing during baking. Bake in preheated oven until golden, about 12 minutes; cool.
• Meanwhile, peel oranges and section into segments. Squeeze membrane and reserve juice; you should have about 1 cup. Pour sugar over segments and let stand 1 hour. Drain liquid from segments, add to reserved juice to make 1-1/2 cups (add extra juice if necessary).
• Place juice in a double boiler with salt and cornstarch. Cook until thickened. Add vanilla. Cool to room temperature.
• Spread apricot jam on baked pie shell. Add orange segments, spreading over jam. Pour cooled sauce over orange segments. Chill at least 1 hour before serving.
• To serve: garnish with toasted coconut.

Steps:

• Pour 60 ml of cold water in a small bowl.
• Sprinkle the agar agar over the water and leave to soak for around 10 minutes.
• Squeeze the oranges for the juice and thinly pare the rind of one of them.
• Strain the juice and mix it with the sugar, rind and 340 ml of water in a large saucepan Now place the bowl of water which contains the gelatine/ agar agar in a double boiler and stir until the gelatine completely dissolves.
• Bring the contents of the saucepan to a slow boil and stir till the sugar dissolves Reduce the heat and incorporate the gelatine solution too into the boiling water and simmer for 10 minutes or so.
• Strain the liquid jelly into a wetted mould and stir in the rum (if you choose to).
• Refrigerate to set for 1 1/2 hours.
• Dip the outer side of the mould in hot water and turn it onto a plate and shake till the jelly slips out.
• (YOu can cover the mould with the plate and then invert and shake to loosen) Decorate with segments of orange peel.