existentialist
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I still have a final batch to make. But I'm running out of jars. Maybe 5kg of oranges was a bit optimistic... 
Marmalade advice....
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rubbershoes
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I still have a final batch to make. But I'm running out of jars. Maybe 5kg of oranges was a bit optimistic...
30-35 is a lot of jars
My last batch turned out about the same colour. Partly from using a mix of white & light brown sugar but also my shit electric hob can be temperamental and I think it started to caramelise just very slightly. Chucked some more white sugar in and it tastes fine though.
Think I got about 6kg in the end! But totally run out of jars for now and can't get to town to pick up more due to the snow. I've been delivering overflow marmalade to neighbours in teacups and pint glassesI still have a final batch to make. But I'm running out of jars. Maybe 5kg of oranges was a bit optimistic...
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Mine's going into 1kg yogurt pots to be remelted and bottled at some point in the future...My last batch turned out about the same colour. Partly from using a mix of white & light brown sugar but also my shit electric hob can be temperamental and I think it started to caramelise just very slightly. Chucked some more white sugar in and it tastes fine though.
Think I got about 6kg in the end! But totally run out of jars for now and can't get to town to pick up more due to the snow. I've been delivering overflow marmalade to neighbours in teacups and pint glasses
I have 500g houmous tubs but they probably smell like the soup I usually use them for. Might just do another batch and leave it in the pan with the lid or a plate over the top...
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Marmalade cake???Ooh, just noticed a couple jars of dry beans which can be decanted and if I make marmalade cake too that'll use up most of a small batch
I was going to try this recipe since it just uses basic storecupboard ingredients but other people here are running out of stuff like milk, so I might stop playing at being snowed in and go to the shop for something like dark chocolate or almonds...
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I've made this one, it was lush:
Sticky Orange Marmalade Cake
A sticky orange marmalade cake perfect for an afternoon of baking. The homely cake recipe is finished with a good quality Seville orange marmalade icing.
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Yeah that looks like pretty much exactly the same recipe as I used, only scaled up to three eggs and with a bit more raising agent and some milk to loosen the batter (which wasn't needed imo) and double the amount of icing sugar. It's good but I'm glad I used marmalade that wasn't too sweet and made the smaller amount of icing slightly too runny so a lot of it ran off - would've been too sweet for my taste otherwise. I chucked the dregs (couple tbsp maybe) of a pack of ground almonds in too.I've made this one, it was lush:
Sticky Orange Marmalade Cake
A sticky orange marmalade cake perfect for an afternoon of baking. The homely cake recipe is finished with a good quality Seville orange marmalade icing.
Day 137.
I still haven't made it into town for more jars. Buses were running again this morning but the police have closed the barriers. Every available container now contains marmalade. I decide to walk round to see if they have any empty jars next door but there's marmalade in my boots. I open my mouth to laugh, or maybe scream, and marmalade pours out and fills up the room.
I still haven't made it into town for more jars. Buses were running again this morning but the police have closed the barriers. Every available container now contains marmalade. I decide to walk round to see if they have any empty jars next door but there's marmalade in my boots. I open my mouth to laugh, or maybe scream, and marmalade pours out and fills up the room.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Me too. I want to try a pure blood orange marmalade.Might've accidentallied a kilo of blood oranges while I was picking up more jars
Let us know how it turns out?
I was already planning a small batch of orange & chilli marmalade as an experiment, maybe with either ginger or a bit of lime juice too, and I think using a mix of Seville and blood oranges will work well with that. Might use the rest for another mixed fruit batch with sevilles, pink grapefruit and a small amount of lemon since the first batch of five fruit was too bitter for most people.
I just did some maths and I still need more jars
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
It's pretty nice I'd say. It doesn't have the bitterness of Seville but it's got its own depth of flavour and is very juicy. I added a few dashes of angostura to emphasise that. I winged it a bit based on an online recipe I just skimmed. I used the standard jam ratio of equal weight of fruit and sugar rather than the higher marmalade sugar quantity, and that was fine.Let us know how it turns out?
I was already planning a small batch of orange & chilli marmalade as an experiment, maybe with either ginger or a bit of lime juice too, and I think using a mix of Seville and blood oranges will work well with that. Might use the rest for another mixed fruit batch with sevilles, pink grapefruit and a small amount of lemon since the first batch of five fruit was too bitter for most people.
I just did some maths and I still need more jars
I squeezed them and cooked the peel rather than cooking them whole. ( I like to put the juice in only when the sugar goes in to keep the fresh flavour). There were virtually no pips so I put all the insides in to cook with the peel. I then used jam sugar because I wasn't confident about the pectin levels.
The colour is fairly reddish but it is cloudy.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I think iona, having eaten a fair bit on toast now, what I've made is orange jam, not marmalade. You have to spread it quite thickly to taste it and I miss some bitterness, although my main marmalade was a bit bitter for me this year. Somewhere between the two would be perfect.
I'm interested to know how the lemon turns out. I have a thing about boiled lemon sometimes being reminiscent of toilet cleaner.
I'm interested to know how the lemon turns out. I have a thing about boiled lemon sometimes being reminiscent of toilet cleaner.
I've just cut the fennel right back and it's no longer in a relatively warm polytunnel since that lost its cover, so it'll be a while before I try making the lemon and fennel unless I decide to use leaves rather than pollen. I think other fruit or flavours are a good compromise if you're not massively keen on straight lemon though - the orange, lemon and ginger I made only had about 250g lemons for 1.6kg fruit in total, and it's already quite noticeably lemony (don't think I even used all the lemon peel either).
Interestingly (to me anyway) the balance of flavours seems to change as you heat the marmalade - what starts out as almost homeopathic lemon suddenly turns veryverylemony somewhere near boiling point.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I'm probably ok for marmalade for a while
