Webnovel Author In The Apocalypse World-Chapter 325: Sweet Delights

Once the maltose had fully melted and combined with the water, it was time to add the orange peels.

Although the small farm's kitchen was well-equipped, the pot's size was a standard household one, not the large kind used in restaurants.

Since they had prepared a particularly large amount of orange peel, they couldn't fit it all in at once.

Kim Haru only added an appropriate portion to the pot.

After adding the orange peels, Kim Haru continuously stirred them gently.

As the sugar syrup thickened and dried, it was time to transfer the batch from the pot onto a plate.

For those with a sweet tooth, this would be the point to sprinkle some extra sugar.

However, after tasting one strip of candied orange peel, Kim Haru found the sweetness just right and decided not to add more sugar.

He spread the orange strips evenly on the plate and placed them in the oven to dry.

If it were summer, using the sun to dry the orange peels would have been a good alternative.

However, in the dead of winter, putting them outside would have been futile—they'd freeze solid before they even began to dry.

Once dried in the oven, the candied orange peels were ready to be jarred.

While Kim Haru continued working on the remaining batches, he left the task of bottling to Go Okrim and Kang Hose.

The aroma of candied orange peels spread throughout the small farm.

Both people and animals couldn't help but stare, their desire to taste it written all over their faces.

"If you want to try it, go ahead," Kim Haru waved his hand generously. "But Luna, Cresent, and the Cryo Wolf, don't eat too much. I'm not sure if this stuff is good for you in large amounts."

The mutated animals weren't particularly hungry for it—they were just curious about anything that came from Kim Haru's hands.

The large Cryo Wolf, mouths wide open, were given a few small pieces of the candied orange peel.

The tangy sweetness burst in their mouths, making them shiver all over.

"Woof~"

Too sour, too sour!

The Cryo Wolf couldn't handle the sharp tanginess of the orange peels and immediately lost any desire to take another bite.

In contrast, Go Okrim and Kang Hose found the sweet-and-sour flavor exceptionally delicious.

Unable to resist, they ended up eating almost half a jar in one sitting.

Kim Haru didn't mind at all.

After all, he had made the candies for people to enjoy.

After finishing the candied orange peels, Kim Haru glanced at the oven and thought he might as well make some dried sweet potatoes next.

This would be even easier to prepare—other than requiring the oven, it wasn't particularly labor-intensive.

The peeled oranges, on the other hand, couldn't be eaten all at once.

Looking at the leftover maltose in his hand, Kim Haru decided not to let it go to waste.

He thought of combining the oranges and maltose to make a variation of Candied Fruit.

Whether candied oranges still qualified as Candied Fruit didn't concern him in the slightest.

Before his transmigration, he had seen plenty of Candied Fruit varieties that weren't made with hawthorn.

There were cherry tomato candied fruit, strawberry candied fruit, red date candied fruit, and even green date candied fruit.

Why shouldn't he make an orange version?

Although he had never formally made Candied Fruit before, he had eaten plenty and watched others make them in videos.

It didn't look that hard.

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Lacking rock sugar, Kim Haru wasn't sure how Candied Fruit would turn out using maltose, but sugar was sugar—there shouldn't be much difference, right?

With that thought, he reused the pot from the candied orange peels, adding water and maltose to slowly simmer.

Once the sugar and water blended together, he dropped the orange slices in, rolling them around to coat them evenly.

When Kim Haru announced his plan to make orange Candied Fruit, Go Okrim and Kang Hose had already started preparing bamboo skewers for him.

Thanks to the presence of the Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree, crafting skewers was a breeze.

The Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree handled everything, from sharpening the skewers to polishing them smooth, all with impeccable precision.

Go Okrim and Kang Hose were only left with the task of gathering the finished skewers into neat piles.

Oh, and they were also assigned the job of skewering the oranges.

All the oranges were large, and skewering an entire one directly would result in a giant version of candied fruit.

So, Go Okrim and Kang Hose decided to skewer them segment by segment.

This adjustment made the size more manageable, but the skewers lacked the traditional round shape of candied fruit.

"There's nothing we can do about it. This will have to do," Kim Haru said, glancing at the crescent-shaped candied fruit and deciding not to fuss over minor details.

Each skewer of orange slices was dipped into the melted maltose, thoroughly coated in a sugary shell.

Once lifted out and shaken to remove the excess syrup, the skewers were taken outside, where the sudden drop in temperature quickly hardened the sugar into a glossy shell.

Surprisingly, even though they weren't round, the curved crescent shapes looked quite appealing.

In addition to the crescent-shaped orange candied fruit, Kim Haru also tried making a few skewers with whole oranges.

Each skewer held just one whole orange, resembling a giant lollipop.

This idea was inspired by the apple candied fruit he had seen before his transmigration.

Thinking of apple candied fruit reminded Kim Haru that his small farm still had some uneaten apples.

So, besides the orange candied fruit, he also made a batch of apple candied fruit.

All the finished candied fruit skewers were placed outside the wooden cabin, each one stuck upright in the snow.

It looked as if candied druit was growing straight out of the ground, which made Kim Haru laugh to himself.

There was no other choice—placing the candied fruit directly on the table would cause the sugary shells to stick to the surfaces.