Mandarin orange marmalade in glass bottles I saved. Happy New year! |
Bright and cheerful oranges. |
Cooking the orange the previous night is essential. |
I used peels from some mandarins only, as I wanted to make a sweeter jam. |
Pectin gives a good texture for all preserves. Nowadays I am making homemade pectin too. |
Mandarin oranges - 14
sugar - 4 cup
lemon - 1
water - 2 cup
Method:
Wash the oranges and lemon , wipe clean. Air dry them. Take half the number of mandarins, quarter and slice them very thinly.
Discard any seeds.
Peel the other half of mandarins, discard the peels (I keep the peels for making orange peel powder).
Remove the skin, pith, seeds and take out the juicy orange alone.
In a thick bottom vessel add the chopped mandarin, mandarin flesh, 2 cups water and cook the oranges till the peel turns tender. Add sugar and bring to a boil.
Switch off and leave them to soak overnight.
The next day start heating the jam and cook till it gets almost thick (spreadable consistency). It will take nearly 1 hour.
If you are going for a long term preserve, then follow the instructions of a canning expert, as I made a 'refrigerator type jam' only.
If the consistency is still runny, add 1/2 a sachet of pectin (1 jar pack) and heat till it is more thick.
Let cool and store in well cleaned glass bottles.
Mandarin orange marmalade is ready!
Tips:
This marmalade made of mandarin orange is sweeter than the British marmalade.
Serve with bread toast or chapati.
We can use the peels of entire batch, but my version is more sweeter.
Homemade marmalade or preserve are healthy, delicious ,economical and gives the cook a kind of satisfaction:)
Orange Marmalade is good for health when consumed with breakfast.
6 comments:
Well made dear :) you are an all rounder as I always say..Looks perfect!!
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nice recipe try it soon
For me making marmalade is quite a tedious work, you have done prefectly Viki,hats off to ur patience.
Delicious and refreshing marmalade.
My mother loves marmalade, will tell her of the recipe! Thank you for sharing and I wish you are your loved ones a very happy New Year!
Looks yummy and inviting. Happy new year
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