The Best And Delicious Orange Marmalade Recipe
Delicious Orange Marmalade Recipe - Marmalade is a fruit preserve made from the juice and peel of citrus fruits boiled with sugar and water. It can be produced from kumquats, lemons, limes, grapefruits, mandarins, sweet oranges, bergamots and other citrus fruits, or any combination thereof.
The benchmark citrus fruit for marmalade production in Britain is the Spanish Seville orange, Citrus aurantium var. aurantium, prized for its high pectin content, which gives a good set. The peel has a distinctive bitter taste which it imparts to the marmalade. Marmalade is generally distinguished from jam by its fruit peel. It may also be distinguished from jam by the fruits used.
The benchmark citrus fruit for marmalade production in Britain is the Spanish Seville orange, Citrus aurantium var. aurantium, prized for its high pectin content, which gives a good set. The peel has a distinctive bitter taste which it imparts to the marmalade. Marmalade is generally distinguished from jam by its fruit peel. It may also be distinguished from jam by the fruits used.
Delicious Orange Marmalade Recipe Ingredients:
- 6-8 small oranges
- 1 lemon (Use the zest and juice)
- 6 cups water
- 1 kg granulated sugar
- 5 tablespoons brandy
- 3-4 jars or canning bottle (Sterilized)
Cooking Instructions:
- Cut the oranges into 1/8- inch slices, removing the seeds as you cut.
- Stack the cut oranges and cut it into quarters.
Place the oranges into a stock pot. - Add zest and juice of lemon and water.
Set the heat into high and boil the mixture for 10 minutes. - Once it boils, lower the heat to simmer, stirring continuously
until the oranges are soft. - Return the heat to high then add the sugar, stirring continuously.
- Wait for the mixture to change color to a bit dark from the previous color.
- Test the mixture, when the consistency is like a soft gel and moves slightly,
it is ready. - Place the mixture onto sterilized jars.
- Place the bottled marmalade to a pot with metal rack.
Fill the pot with water until the top of the jar.
Allow to boil for 10 minutes. - Remove the jar and cool at room temperature for 24 hours before serving.
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