Caramelized Clementines

Name: Caramelized Clementines
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 12 clementines, peeled; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 59 milliliters orange-flavored liqueur (or dark rum); 59 milliliters pomegranate seeds; 237 milliliters sugar

Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly recipe has 242 calories, 1g of protein, and 0g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 6. If you have clementines, sugar, liqueur, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Loosen segments of each clementine from the top without detaching from the stem end.

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Clementine

Place in a bowl.

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Bowl

Sprinkle on liqueur. Cover; refrigerate 30 minutes. To start the sauce, bring 1/3 cup sugar, lemon juice and 1/3 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Simmer, stirring, until liquid is clear.

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Lemon Juice

Liqueur

Sauce

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; set aside. Line baking sheet with foil. To make the shards, stir remaining 2/3 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water in a medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar is moistened. Bring to a boil, washing down sides of pan with a brush dipped in cold water, until syrup turns a golden caramel color.

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Caramel Color

Sugar

Syrup

Water

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Baking Sheet

Sauce Pan

Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Remove from heat.

Pour half the caramel onto baking sheet; set aside about 30 minutes to harden. To finish the sauce, add sugar-lemon syrup to remaining caramel in pan. Simmer, stirring often, until caramel dissolves.

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Caramel

Lemon

Syrup

Sugar

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Baking Sheet

Frying Pan

Transfer to a bowl; cool 15 minutes.

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Bowl

Pour over clementines. Cover; refrigerate at least 2 hours. Break hardened caramel into shards; store in an airtight container until ready to serve. Before serving, garnish fruit with caramel shards and pomegranate seeds.

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Pomegranate Seeds