Orange Bitters

Name: Orange Bitters
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 10 cardamom pods; 3 cinnamon sticks (each 2 1/2 in.); 1 Tbsp chopped fresh ginger; 2 oranges; 2 whole star anise pods; 237 milliliters sugar; 750 milliliters bottle Everclear* (grain alcohol)

Orange Bitters is a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegan side dish. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 1g of fat, and a total of 249 calories. This recipe serves 4. A mixture of ginger, cinnamon sticks, oranges, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 25

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Oven

Remove zest from oranges with a vegetable peeler and put zest on a baking sheet (save fruit for another use).

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Vegetable

Orange

Fruit

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Peeler

Baking Sheet

Bake until zest dries, starts to curl up, and begins to brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

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Oven

Let cool.

Put all ingredients except sugar in a 1-qt. glass jar and seal tightly.

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Sugar

Let sit in a cool, dark place for 2 weeks.

Strain liquid through cheesecloth into a 1 1/2- to 2-qt. glass jar (save flavorings) and set aside. Put flavorings in a small saucepan with 2 cups water. Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Set aside.

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Water

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Cheesecloth

Sauce Pan

Cook sugar in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, lifting and shaking pan occasionally, until sugar caramelizes and turns deep amber, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Pour caramel into liquid in pan (it will bubble furiously and may firm up). If needed, return pan to medium heat and cook, stirring, for a few minutes until caramel melts again.

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Caramel