Pomelo Peelings

Ingredients

3 pomelo fruits peelings
60 ml calamansi juice
2 tablespoons salt
2 cups refined sugar

Materials

Cooking stove and utensils
Knife
Bowl
Sterilized jars


Procedure
1. Wash the pomelo peelings in running water, and cut them into desired sizes.
2. Sprinkle with salt then squeeze them until they become soft.
3. Wash peelings very well in running water again to remove the salt.
4. Soak in a bowl of water overnight.
5. Drain the water and then add the calamansi juice until peelings become green.
6. Wash and soak peelings in water for two days, changing water often to remove the bitter taste. Then boil to remove the bitter taste. Then boil the peelings until they become soft again.
7. Mix 6 cups of sugar in 3 cups of water. Boil the peelings in this solution for 15 minutes. Make another solution and soak the cooled peelings overnight.
8. Boil the peelings and sugar again the next day in the same solution.
9. Pack the peelings in sterilized jars, allowing air bubbles to escape.
10. Half seal and sterilized the jars for 30 minutes in boiling water.
11. Seal completely.