Oranges are in season right now and staying inside on a cold, rainy day to make marmalade is a great way to pass the time. Your whole house will smell wonderful!
To make marmalade follow these steps:
- Peel off the skin by scoring the orange with a knife so you can carefully remove it in sections.
- Cut the peeled juicy oranges into 4 pieces.
- Scrape the white pith off the inside of the peel so you are left with the orange part. Put the pith into a cheesecloth or net bag. This pith has pectin in it that will help with the gelling process.
- Take a sharp knife and slice the scraped peel into 1/4 inch wide strips.
- Put the peeled oranges, bagged pith and sliced peels into a pot and just cover with water. Let sit for 12 hours.
- Take out the bag of pith and measure how much orange and peel mixture you have. Add one cup of sugar for each cup of liquid.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. To test if it’s done you can put a small amount of the liquid on a cold plate. If it holds together it’s ready.
- Put in sterilized jars. Water bath can for 10 minutes.
Peeled oranges ready to be cut in quarters.
Here’s the pith scraped from inside the orange.
Sliced peels.
Cooking orange, sugar, peel and water mixture.
Finished product.
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