By placing the orange leaves inside the oven after 15 minutes we will have a result that we never expected. Here’s which one.
Fruit cannot be missing from our lunch and dinner tables and almost always, in any season, there are also oranges which liven up everything thanks to their colour.
Extremely fragrant and with an inimitable flavour, these citrus fruits make every recipe special whether it is savory or sweet, just think that in some Italian regions cut into slices it is used for the famous Easter “benedetto”.
Orange leaves: this is what you solve in 15 minutes
Together with the artichokes and fried ricotta, the hard-boiled egg and some slices of salami, in the Puglia region it is present in this dish, as tradition dictates, accompanied by a glass of ginger.
But the orange in Italy has become a truly typical fruit. Especially in Sicily, where there are some types of orange that are envied by the whole world, it has become an Italian excellence.
Furthermore, this citrus fruit also goes well with sweet recipes, just grate its peel into a cream or mixture and it is immediately flavored thanks to the essential oils present on it.
It is also often caramelized and candied and introduced into some desserts, just think of panettone, which has the much-hated candied fruit inside that we usually remove, and they are almost all orange .
Furthermore, a nice orange juice not only helps to strengthen our immune defenses due to the presence of Vitamin C , but is also useful for quenching thirst in the warmer seasons, if consumed with a little ice.
But nothing of the orange should be discarded, if the pulp is useful for everything we have listed, the peel can be an ally as decorations, especially for Christmas or to perfume the environment by placing it on radiators or in small pieces inside the dehumidifier.
The leaf in the oven method
But the leaves of this citrus fruit are also very useful and solve a very important problem in a very short time and in this way we will say goodbye to many products that we buy in hygiene stores.
In fact, we often have a dirty oven that gives off a bad smell and we don’t know how to eliminate all the smell of burning or old dishes we cooked inside.
To eliminate this problem, just take some baking paper and spread it on a baking tray, where we will place some orange leaves and let them dry by turning the oven on at 180° for about 15/20 minutes.
In this way, the essential oils will be released and will tend to make cleaning the oven easier and will release a typical citrus smell which will not only remove the smell from the oven but can spread throughout the house.
In fact, by keeping the oven door open after drying, the smoke will be released and spread throughout the house and we will have the smell of orange throughout our home which will last for many hours and even for a few days.
All you have to do is use this method to have a very fragrant home and oven without resorting to industrial remedies.