Orange Marmalade Mmmm

[Quarlow]

I am catching up on my photos. I was bored, what with all the time I've had off so I made some awesome Seville orange Marmalade. Easy to make and great on toast. But slicing those oranges is a real pain. They have so many seeds that I could only make one slice and would have to clean the blade on the mandolin slicer.

Cooking it up.

Getting the jars ready. By the way, if anyone has a spare canning rack they don't need, I bought this pot when I was on the cattle ranch so we could heat water to bath in the summer but it didn't have a rack. So I am looking for one.

In the jars.

All sealed and ready.


Like I said, good on toast.

[FLBentRider]

Nice!

[DarqMan]

Orange marmalade is one of the best things ever.. goes great with coconut shrimp, yum!

[KevinG]

So what's your recipe, I've got a canner sitting at home in my garage waiting to be used again?

[Quarlow]

All credit goes to Alton Brown. And you know that when it comes from Alton you know it is..........

Orange Marmalade

Makes approx. 8-8oz. jars

1 and 3/4lbs Seville oranges(approx.5 oranges)
Zest of 1 Lemon
1 Juice of Lemon
6 cups Water
3lbs 12 oz.s sugar


Slice oranges to 1/8" thickness, then quater pieces and remove seeds.
Put into a large pot with zest and lemon juice and bring to a boil.
Simmer for 40 min.s or until the peels are soft. If you over cook them
they will get hard again.

While cooking prepare your canning equipment.

After 40 mins (or when soft) turn heat to high and add the sugar.
Cook to 220F and remove from heat. Fill sterilized jars and process
appropriately. Boil 10 min.s and cool. Let set for 24 hrs. Enjoy!

Tip: I have been told that if you cook to long after it softens the orange
will get hard again. So keep track of the tenderness.

Seville oranges are best for this because they are bitter but you can only
get them for a short while in the january, at least up here. You can use any
oranges if you can't get them or if you don't like the bitterness.
A nice variation is "spirited marmalade" stir in 3 tbsp of orange liqueur like
Cointreau or Triplesec or even Scotch whiskey just before pouring into the jars.

[3rensho]

Most impressive!! Thanks for the recipe and the idea.  I'd never considered making my own for some strange reason.  Do you ever throw in the odd dram of single malt to add a smokey note?  I was thinking of an ounce of Laphroaig or so.  Thanks again Quarlow.

Tom

[Quarlow]

Funny you should ask. I was just going to add this.
Tip:Seville oranges are best for this because they are bitter but you can only get them for a short while in the january, at least up here. You can use any oranges if you can't get them or if you don't like the bitterness. A nice variation is "spirited marmalade" stir in 3 tbsp of orange liqueur like Cointreau or Triplesec or even Scotch whiskey just before pouring into the jars.

[classicrockgriller]

You might could mix some of your Marmalade with some good BBQ sauce

and come up with something that would be awesome on chicken.

[Quarlow]

That is a darn good idea. I will have to try that on the next chicken I do.

[RossP]

Looks great Quarlow, the wife loves marmalade. I will have to make it
for her soon. I just will not show her this post for a while. Thanks buddy.

Ross

[Quarlow]

Just tell her you can't make it till January when the Seville oranges come out. They were only in the stores for about 2 weeks. I wish I had known that cause I would have made 4 batches. One batch is only good for about 10 to 12 250ml jars so it doesn't go very far. I am sure they threw out half of what they had in the store cause you certainly can't eat them raw.

[hal4uk]

Dang, Q!  Yum!!!

[Caneyscud]

I was thinking of an ounce of Laphroaig or so. 

Ahh the smokey nectar of the gods!  Not too many know about that one.

[Caneyscud]

Q' good looking marmalade there.  My mom likes it so I make it for here now and then.  Last 2 times, I chopped up the rind in a food processor - shore a lot easier.  For the fun, make marmalade from some of the other such as Blood orange, Ruby Red, lime, lemon, Ugli, kumquat or even loquat.  I've done the blood orange, kumquat, and grapefruit.

[FLBentRider]

I was thinking of an ounce of Laphroaig or so. 

Ahh the smokey nectar of the gods!  Not too many know about that one.

I was thinking of Talisker myself.