Homemade Marmalade

attosa
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Homemade Marmalade Making your own marmalade is so easy. It's also a good way to use up everything that comes with the orange fruit, from the meat to the juice to the skin. The trick to this bright and vibrant marmalade is in the boiling method. Using pectin is completely optional. This recipe shows both ways.

Total Time: 1.5 hours

Source: My mother

Ingredients:

4 medium oranges
2 cups sugar
water
1 pack of pectin (optional)

Steps:

Wash oranges. Peel orange skin as thick as possible, then cut into thin strips.

Cut orange fruit along with its inner skin into small segments.

In a pot, boil the orange skins skins until they soften. Drain, soak in cold water, and then reboil. Doing this a couple times rids the orange peels of their bitterness, resulting in the most yummy marmalade ever.

Cook the orange segments in a few tablespoons of water until softened. Add the cooked and softened peel, sugar, (pectin if you're using it), then add fresh water to cover. Bring to a boil and simmer until it thickens, about 45 minutes to an hour. Cool and refrigerate.

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likekinds
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May 15, 20161 found this helpful

Do your talents never end?

I must try this recipe. I love orange marmalade but have never tasted fresh, homemade. It's gotta be good..

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attosa
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May 16, 20160 found this helpful

Oh, it is so good. Please do try it! It's amazing how much you can get out of one orange fruit. :)

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Ginnee
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May 16, 20160 found this helpful

That sounds sooo good! And it is something I could actually do ;-) I'm definitely going to do this.
Thank you

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attosa
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May 16, 20160 found this helpful

Yay! You are welcome!

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arrfums

June 12, 20190 found this helpful

I love this. I just throw those cutie brand oranges in the blender skin and all.

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June 21, 20190 found this helpful

Another great way to remove bitterness is to remove the pith - the white stuff - from the inside of the peel. Easy to do after boiling, but wait until everything's cool to the touch.

Scraping with a spoon will do the job easily.

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Marg
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May 11, 20211 found this helpful

I don't boil the peel or remove the pith - I suppose I just like my marmalade a little bitter.
Marg from England.

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