Blood Orange Syrup for Waffles

Maple syrup is certainly the syrup of choice for waffle. But I have a soft spot for making homemade syrups using the best seasonal ingredients. Like in this blood orange syrup that is stunningly beautiful made with last season blood oranges.

In March, we took a trip down to California from Utah where we have been staying, One of the things I was most looking forward to was heading to the farmer’s market with the main reason being the citrus.

I picked up some blood oranges so that I could make a special syrup with them.

Easy Recipe

This recipe does not get much easier. I see some syrup recipes that call for water but that doesn’t make sense to me. You are trying to reduce the moisture in the syrup to get it to the right texture, so why add water?

What I did was used equal parts:

I love recipes like this because the math is easy and you don’t have to worry about having enough ingredients, you just work with what you got.

Best Time to Buy Blood Oranges

Blood oranges are in stores for a large part of the year but not the whole year. In December is when I start seeing them from California. However those blood oranges aren’t the best. They need more time to spend on the tree. Cooler weather helps color them up.

📅 The best time to buy blood oranges is in March/April.

Late winter/early spring is when you will find blood oranges that have a dark skin and are also dark on the inside as well as my daughter showcased in this water color art she made below.

Aren’t blood oranges beautiful! I also believe their flavor is the best of any orange to use in recipes. You are getting style and substance.

How to Know When the Syrup is Done?

The best way to tell if your syrup is done cooking is to do the 🥄 spoon test. Dip a spoon into the pot and turn it over. It should look like this:

The syrup should be thick enough to coat the back of the spoon. You could go just a little longer if you want a thicker syrup but I think this is perfectly good. The syrup will thicken as it cools.

Blood Orange Syrup for Waffles

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Learn how to make a simple blood orange syrup that is perfect to put on waffles. Make this with the best in season blood oranges that are available in March/April. Make as much as you want by using equal parts of blood orange juice and sugar.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Servings 1 cup

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup freshly squeezed blood orange juice
• 1 cup pure cane sugar

Instructions

 

• Juice the blood oranges into a liquid measuring cup.
• Measure out equal parts of sugar to the juice you have.
• Add juice and sugar to a pot. Bring to a gentle boil. Reduce to simmer.
• Cook for 5-10 minutes until the syrup is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Keep a close eye on it while it cooks.
• Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then serve. Store leftovers in the fridge

Notes

Before I juice the blood oranges I like to take some zest off. I use that zest in the waffles I am making for the syrup. You could even add the zest to the syrup to further boast the flavor but the syrup already has plenty of it.

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