Seville Orange Marmalade
african vanielje on Jan 11 2008 at 1:45 pm | Filed under: Fruit, breakfast, preserves, seasonal cooking, vkcb
Seville Season is short, yet marmalade never tastes quite the same without them, so consider making a double batch to last you through the year. You will need:
- 900g Seville Oranges
- 1 large lemon
- 2.4 litres of filtered water
- 1.8kg of Sugar (preserving or granulated, although granulated should be fine as oranges are naturally high in pectin which is what helps set the jam)
- Wash and dry the oranges and the lemon (if they are waxed you will need a scrubbing brush and some mildly soapy water)
- Halve and squeeze the fruit, saving the juice and pips
- Pour into a muslin cloth and sieve over a bowl
- Remove some pith (the white bit) from the peel and add to the muslin bag with the pips
- Cut the peel into thin strips
- Loosely tie off the muslin bag to allow room for movement
- attach with a hook or string to the handle of your preserving pan, allowing the bag to hang inside the pot, just clear of the bottom
- Place all of the fruit parts in the preserving pan and add the water.
- Measure the depth and bring slowly to a boil
- Turn down and simmer for 1 1/2 - 2 hours (the peel should be soft and the depth should be reduced by half)
- Remove the muslin bag and carefully (it will be very hot) squeeze out excess moisture into the pan
- Add the sugar and stir to dissolve over a low heat
- Bring to the boil and boil rapidly for 10 minutes or until settin point (105*C / 220*F)
- Skim off any scum from the top and let stand for 5 minutes
- Stir to distribute peel evenly, bottle (into sterilized bottles) and seal.
- Store in a cool dark place and refrigerate once opened
Thank you for trying a Vanileje Kitchen Recipe.
I hope it fed you mind, body and soul
Just beautiful marmalade. I really have to did out my canning and preserving stuff because its so much fun ( and ecomomical).
Ok, this is definitely a different method than the one I used for my first couple of attempts at Orange marmalade. Although the jam is delicious, (my English guests even told me so), it is more along the lines of orange honey with peel. l really want the lighter brighter flavor and this looks like the ticket. Now if I could find Seville oranges, but we Americans aren’t really connoisseurs of orange marmalade as we really never developed the tradition. An English friend gave me a jar of her home made Kumquat marmalade, a couple of years ago and it was to die for!
Wow, this looks wonderful! I love the vibrant color…
Courtney, I agree, it is fun and economical
Pasticcera this recipe is dead easy but orange honey sounds beyond delicious! I love kumquats and because they are so tiny you can almost preserve the whole fruits! Yummy!
Patricia, I’m a sucker for kitsch colour.
I love orange jam. Yours looks so beautiful and delicious.
Hi AV, this recipe brings back memories of my mom in our farmhouse sized kitchen boiling away her oranges on the old Aga wood stove in the corner……….hey! I’m only 54years young :)………and what wonderful memories they are too!!! I can smell the citrus perfume permeating the whole house, the heat in the kitchen, the bubbling and the steam, if I close my eyes I can see my Mom, perspiration beading her forehead and wisps of dark hair clinging to it, I can see the spoon she used, the little enamel dish on the side for the scum, the sparkling bottles of beautiful marmalade lined up on the pantry shelf and the taste, oh that taste makes me salivate to remember it. This recipe is very similar to my moms recipe. Thank you so much for the happy memories you have evoked by posting it.
How was your Christmas and New Year? I hope it was really good with your hubby & Dakota and friends. Big hugs from a sweltering Cape Town
My Christmas was great thanks Colleen. Yours? If you would like to expand on this lovely memory a little you could mail it to me and I could post it as part of our Apples & Thyme event in the next few days. I love your description and can see the enamel dish, maybe a little chipped, and see the bottles marching along the shelf. Did your mom line her shelves with newspaper? Or maybe that special shelf lining paper you used to be able to by in Checkers or OK Bazaars? My great Aunts always did, its a particularly South African memory.
Thankyou so much AV, I will do my best for you. I would love to try it. Colleen x