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[Misc] Marmalade - what’s your recipe?



vegster

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Are you going to claim that you made an identical post because the first one was slow appearing...... over 1 hour previously??
This was from my phone and I thought I had written it but not posted it when I picked up my phone an hour later... I wouldn't have posted this twice, an hour apart.
 








Goldstone1976

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I’d tend to use preserving sugar rather than granulated...


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I do with low pectin fruits such as strawberries, but oranges are so packed full of it, I don’t find I need the extra help to set it. Horses for courses though.
 










Super Steve Earle

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Sadly Dean Ford passed away in January.

Yes, I found that out myself in the course of preparing my post.
Now that his death has been officially confirmed perhaps a minutes silence /applause on Saturday might be considered appropriate.

Perhaps accompanied by a few 'Reflections on my 'his' life'.
 




Goldstone1976

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I usually make two sorts... Three fruits (Seville/Grapefruit/Lemon) fairly pale colour and with very finely shredded peel, and then a dark and chunky Seville only version.

Darkness caused by boiling longer (and therefore thicker set too), or by judicious use of darker sugar (Demerara? Other?) ?
 




Goldstone1976

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Adding a small amount of soft dark brown sugar, and additional boiling. But it is quite tricky not to end up with glue :)

Yep. I ended up with 11 pots of glue last year. Gone back to my old faithful this...
 








GT49er

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Take two slices off bread (white or brown, according to choice);
Place under a hot grill until medium brown;
Turn the bread over and repeat;
Remove rom heat, and generously spread with fresh butter (low fat spreads are available for those frequently accused of eating all the pies);
Place a heaped tea-spoonful of marmalade on each slice, and spread evenly over the toast.
Slice the toast diagonally, and serve with hot sweet tea.

Poncier versions are probably available
 








BrightonCottager

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Sep 30, 2013
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Quirky fact: the word 'marmalade' derives from its Scottish origins, where housewives would ask their children/husbands/milkmen if they wanted "more, ma lad?" Beats me how the Scots were able to get hold of oranges in Victorian times.
Rubbish. It's derived from a Portuguese word. I went to the birthplace last summer in the hills in the Algarve. The Portuguese started making quince and orange marmalade. Mine's simmering now. Lovely stuff.
My preferred recipe is:
1kg Seville oranges
2 lemons
1kg of preserving sugar
100g dark muscovado sugar
2 litres of water
 
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zefarelly

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