By Chelsea Sugar
Page views: 120200A great use of winter citrus fruit! This recipe is courtesy of Alice, Chelsea New Zealand's Hottest Home Baker winner.
15 reviews
1.4kg citrus fruit (i.e. 4 large oranges and 2 large lemons)
1kg Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar, approximately
Remove zest from oranges and lemons and slice finely. If you prefer a less chunky rind in your marmalade, you can zest the fruit with a microplane grater instead.
Remove white pith from the fruit and discard. Chop orange and lemon flesh coarsely.
Place orange and lemon zest and flesh in a large heavy-based saucepan and just barely cover with cold water. Bring to a boil and simmer for half an hour, or until zest is soft and mixture is fairly thick.
Leave fruit to cool slightly then measure out in cupfuls. Place an equal amount of fruit and Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar (i.e. 4 cups of fruit and 4 cups of sugar) back into the saucepan. Stir over medium heat for a couple of minutes or until sugar dissolves.
Increase heat and bring to a full boil (a boil that cannot be stirred down). Boil rapidly for 4 minutes (removing any foam with a spoon).
Test a small amount of marmalade on a cold saucer (the surface should wrinkle when a spoon is pushed through it). If the surface doesn't wrinkle, return to the boil for 1-2 minute intervals and test again.
Ladle hot marmalade into warm sterilised jars and seal with a lid.
Set aside to cool, then label, date and store in a cool dark place. Refrigerate after opening.
Makes approximately 3 x 350ml jars.
4 mins is a joke !! Still waiting after 1 hour. Need to say an amount of water not 'barely cover', thats only thing I can think of I've done wrong.
Very expensive when had to power bill!
Not for me
Fabulous recipe. I cooked the fruit for an hour and added 3 cups of sugar and again cooked it alot longer than the recipe said. I've had rave reviews from all my friends and fams, making another round as I type this. AAAAAA++++++
This recipe is pretty awesome never made jam or marmalade before.But now I’m going to be brave a move onto jam .making my next batch of marmalade now .Give it a whirl it’s so easy.
Fantastic, added some ginger, boiled for 6 minutes. First time using setting sugar, great product can't wait to use it in the next jam season.
Very easy to follow and really tasty. I added a bit of ginger and it is delicious. I did have to boil it more than the 4 minutes suggested before it would set, but then I didn't use setting sugar, just plain white sugar.
Tried this twice. Both times I have had to boil a lot longer to get it to a consistency that will set. If I tried it again I definitely wouldn’t put much water in to start. I did get very delicious fruity results.
made it before, nice and easy, freezes well, good when you have too many fruit.
I love this marmalade and use 3 oranges and 3 lemons
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