I apologize for the hyberbole- I probably don't have a million ways to use it, but I've got a few good ones for you (unless you've thought of them yourself.)
Our local supermarket had obviously overbought the citron, so they had it for 25 cents a container (hard to resist, right?) So of course, I baked the sweet bread recipe that came with the citron:
http://cookbookfundraiser.com/recipe/2777082/citron-cherry-bread.html
And it's a very good cake! So make that. But if you're like me, with 8 packages of citron, you'll need another way to use it.
Mix with peanut butter in peanut butter sandwiches!
Mix with cream cheese- put on crackers (or anything)
Cut the top rind off a brie wheel, leaving a rim of rind- broil until soft, sprinkle with citron
Make a cheese compote- mine was 8 oz raisins, 8 oz citron, 8 oz apricots and 4 oz dried cherries- I used 1 cup late harvest riesling, cooked with 1/2 cup of sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, I cooked the wine with the sugar and vanilla until the vanilla was absorbed, then I added the fruit. I cooked it about 25 minutes, on low, then I took out the fruit and simmered the liquid until it was the consistency of syrup. I added it back to the fruit- and used it over cheese (chopped walnuts make a nice addition to this- add after cooking)
Add to pancakes.
Add to waffles.
Add to chocolate chip cookies.
Add to oatmeal cookies.
Bake in to muffins or gingerbread:
I used this mix- and added raisins AND citron, and it was wonderful:
The citron:
So is citron the new bacon? Can you add it to anything? Probably not- bacon is still the most awesome thing ever, but citron is pretty fun to work with.
Our local supermarket had obviously overbought the citron, so they had it for 25 cents a container (hard to resist, right?) So of course, I baked the sweet bread recipe that came with the citron:
http://cookbookfundraiser.com/recipe/2777082/citron-cherry-bread.html
And it's a very good cake! So make that. But if you're like me, with 8 packages of citron, you'll need another way to use it.
Mix with peanut butter in peanut butter sandwiches!
Mix with cream cheese- put on crackers (or anything)
Cut the top rind off a brie wheel, leaving a rim of rind- broil until soft, sprinkle with citron
Make a cheese compote- mine was 8 oz raisins, 8 oz citron, 8 oz apricots and 4 oz dried cherries- I used 1 cup late harvest riesling, cooked with 1/2 cup of sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, I cooked the wine with the sugar and vanilla until the vanilla was absorbed, then I added the fruit. I cooked it about 25 minutes, on low, then I took out the fruit and simmered the liquid until it was the consistency of syrup. I added it back to the fruit- and used it over cheese (chopped walnuts make a nice addition to this- add after cooking)
Add to pancakes.
Add to waffles.
Add to chocolate chip cookies.
Add to oatmeal cookies.
Bake in to muffins or gingerbread:
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