Tangerines with honey-lime syrup

12 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 Limes
3 cups Water
1 cup Sugar
12 Tangerines, may substitute Clementines or Oranges
6 tablespoons Rum, dark
3 tablespoons Honey
Julienned Lime zest for gar nish

Directions

Using vegetable peeler, cut lime zest (colored part of peel) from limes. Combine with the water and sugar in small saucepan. Heat to boiling, then boil 10 minutes. Remove syrup from heat. Cut peel and white pith from tangerines. Place tangerines in shallow serving bowl.

Squeeze juice from limes and mix with rum and honey. Pour into lime syrup and stir to blend. Pour syrup over tangerines. Refirigerate covered, turning tangerines occasionally, at least 8 hours. To serve, remove strips of lime zest and garnish with julienned lime zest

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