Moroccan Orange Cinnamon Dessert and Orange Tea 🍊🧡☕

Enjoy this easy to prepare Orange tea and Moroccan inspired Orange dessert. Let us teach you how to use the “WHOLE” food - really no waste. Within minutes for delicious, fabulous juiciness!

Moroccan Orange Cinnamon Dessert - makes for 1 person

  • 1 big orange (we like Blood oranges)

  • 1/4 tsp distilled orange blossom water natural, organic

  • 1/8 cup orange juice (freshly squeezed orange, grapefruit or 1 tsp lemon or lime  juice)

  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon 

  • Grater fresh nutmeg (optional)

  • 1/4 tbsp honey or same quantity sugar, agave syrup or maple syrup (optional)

  • a few mint Leaves optional

    Note: Make this Caribbean inspired by adding ginger, allspice, cloves and nutmeg 😎🌴

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. In a small bowl, mix the  juice or water with the orange blossom water and honey. Reserve in a cool place.

  2. Delicately peel the oranges then cut them into round slices. Or peg an orange and use the pegs.

  3. Arrange the orange slices in a serving dish. Sprinkle them evenly with the cool juice you already prepared.

  4. Lightly sprinkle with cinnamon. Decorate with some mint leaves.

  5. Serve fresh on Moroccan patterned plates.

Inspired by: Source: https://moroccanzest.com/wprm_print/1530

Orange Citrus Peels for Tea or Cooking 🍊🍋l🧡☕
The orange pith is the white threads you see on the fruit. Some of it is stuck to the peel. The best way to consume it is along with the fruit. Remove the peel delicately so a large proportion of the pith stays on the fruit. We like to use a vegetable peeler to remove the peel. You can apply the same concept to any of the citrus fruits such as oranges, grapefruits, lemons or limes. It may taste slightly bitter in the first go, but it will add a new flavour to the tangy, sweet orange. 

We dry out the peels on a cookie sheet in a cool dry place for a few weeks to get all the moisture out.

Then we store in a glass jar to make Orange tea. You can blend various types of orange or citrus peels to make a flavourful tea. 🍊🧡☕

Benefits of the Orange, Lemon or Citrus pith 🍊🍋

Rich in fibre: The visual appearance itself denotes that the pith is rich in fibre. In fact, orange as a fruit can be rich in fibre only if the pith is consumed along with it. Removing the pith reduces the fibre content of an orange by almost 30%. Pectin, a form of fibre is present in the pith.

Source of Vitamin C: Orange is rich in Vitamin C, so is the pith.

Alannah Codrington