small orange things

[sarah]

i have a bowl full of small orange things left over from christmas, bought by my husband.  i think they are clementines or satsumas but pretty sure they not manderines.  they will not get eaten now before they go over. any ideas what to do with them (my new years credit crunch resolution is to not waste things and to make use of everything if poss). there are about twenty.  :)

[sarah]

[asbean]

try a mixed fruit marmalade and put them in with it.

Are they the ones that can be eaten whole?  If so, you could make a steamed pudding, put them into the middle of it and they'll be lovely and mushy when cooked.

[manicscousers]

I'd simmer the segments in sugar and freeze them in portions, better than tinned ones, also, try to get the skin off, a bit fiddly  :)
or make jam or juice  :)

[nilly71]

Jelly or cheesecake?

Peel them and freeze them?

sorry nothing interesting, but i'll have a peice of cheescake if you make it, it's my favourite cake ;)

Neil

[sarah]

hmmm...my kid is a big cheesecake fan.  bit fiddly but that might be a go-er. thanks.  ;)

[Kea]

My husband made a fruit salad with pineapple, oranges and grapes and made a fruit juice syrup for it with orange and lemon juice, small amount peel in fine strips, sugar (not too much) and Grand Marnier. It was delicous...and simple you don't need the alcohol.

[Mrs Ava]

Didn't Nigella make a cake with no flour, only almonds, but she boiled up several little oranges, then put all the ingredients in her blender, skin and all and blended to a wet  pulp.  Made a dense, moist orange cake.  You could find a recipe for something like that and make a couple and freeze some.

[sarah]

i do vaguely remember her doing something along those lines but assumed they must be magic oranges with out the bitter pithy stuff but i will google and check it out cos i like the sound of it.  if not i will go down the cheesecake route.  :D

[caroline7758]

Yes, Nigella has a gorgeous recipe for clementine cake:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/clementine-cake-recipe/index.html

[sarah]

oh well done, i couldnt find it on her website. i am definately going to make a couple of them.  yummeee. :D

[sarah]

i made this cake at the weekend and it was really yummy. no fat  :o and no flour. just small orange things sugar eggs and almonds.  a strange consistency but very nice. i was going to post a picture but cant remember how to. so i am eating it instead. thanks for the tip.  :D

[caroline7758]

It certainly doesn't last long here!

[Andy H]

Thats a lot of ground almond???

Quite expensive I think?

[sarah]

You are quite right  Andy, its a lot of ground almond. but it makes a very big cake ( i have made it twice now). the last one i cooked in a eight inch square tin and then cut into five smaller pieces and froze three for a later date, so really it has worked out quite economical (usually if i make a cake it is eaten by tea time!!). 

its a great cake actually as it is quite sweet (but citrussy)and very moist and you only need a very small slice. i would reccomend giving it a go but be warned it is not like normal cake the texture is unusaual but i really like it.

[Andy H]

Thanks for that, is the almond a powder?

[sarah]

kinda but not quite.  it the same sort of consistancy as....um......fine breadcrumbs?  :D

[Andy H]

ok thanks, I will look out for some.