Calamansi Peelings Preserve

Ingredients

10 pieces big green calamansi
3 cups white sugar
water

Materials

Cooking stove and utensils
Knife
Sterilized jars

Procedure

1. Wash the calamansi fruits. Make a slit at the lower end of each fruit and remove all the juice and the seeds.
2. Soak the peelings in the water overnight. Drain.
3. Boil peelings until they become greenish.
4. Soak again the peelings in water for three days, changing water twice a day.
5. Boil the peelings, changing water thrice.
6. Make a syrup by mixing three cups of sugar to 1½ cups of water, and cook the peelings in the syrup until the syrup becomes thick. Then drain the syrup, saving it for later use.
7. Pack the peelings in sterilized jars and pour back the syrup, allowing air bubbles to escape.
8. Half-seal and process in boiling water for 30 minutes.
9. Seal completely.