Seville Orange Marmalade
| Published: 24th January 2008 19:58 |
The best way of preserving these wonderfully tart fruits that have such a short season. The robust flavour of Seville oranges really stand up well to the sugar, making a wonderfully strong orange marmalade.
Makes: 1600g (3 ½ lbs)
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 2 hours 20 minutes
Ingredients
750g Seville oranges
200ml lemon juice
1kg preserving sugar
500g sugar with pectin
25g Butter
Method
1. Thoroughly wash the Seville oranges and remove the florette at the base of each orange.
2. Place the whole oranges in a large saucepan and cover with cold water.
3. Bring the oranges to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer uncovered, for 2 hours.
4. Using a slotted spoon remove the oranges and set them aside to cool, reserving the orange cooking water.
5. Halve the cooled oranges across ways. Squeeze the orange halves to remove the pulp and juice, which should both be reserved, and discard the pips.
6. Slice the orange skins very finely into shreds (unless you're a shredless wonder).
7. Add the pulp, juice and orange stock to the peel to make a total weight of 1600g, adding water if necessary.
8. Place the mixture in a preserving pan or large, heavy-based saucepan and bring to the boil.
9. Add the preserving sugar and knob of butter and cook, stirring, until it reaches a rolling boil (Continuously bubbling, but not boiling over). Allow the mixture to boil for a further 10 minutes. I always test mine at this point, put a little marmalade on the cold plate and allow to cool fully and check it sets to your taste, I like mine quite firmly set.
10. Set aside the marmalade for 15 minutes, to cool slightly, though not set.
11. Pour the warm marmalade into warm sterilised jars and immediately cover with waxed jam jar covers while the marmalade is hot. Set aside to cool totally then cover with jars with cling film fastened with rubber bands or screw top lids.
This marmalade keeps really well; I have just used the last of 2007's and it was perfect.
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