Citrons are

Citrons are berries, fruits and vegetables or their parts that are usually not used for food (such as good as candied melon rind or lemon peel), boiled in a thick sugar syrup and then dried up. Preparation of this delicacy from different products have it own traits, but the main stages of the process often stay constant.

Citrons are used as a filling in a sponge, butter cookies, shortbread, dough and as a decor to decoration of cakes, cookies, rolls, puffs. For desserts are used as a filling and decoration at the same time.