For 2 kg, you will need:
- 0
1 kg orange - 1
1 kg caster sugar - 2
500 ml water - Total weight: 2,500 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 31 min. | 40 min. | 1 hour 11 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Wash 1 kg caster sugar. I've chosen to add a couple of lemons for a more tangy flavour, but this is not essential.
Buy organic fruit if possible, as you will be using the peel.
Buy organic fruit if possible, as you will be using the peel.
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Plunge the fruit into boiling water for 10 minutes to blanch.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Trim the top and bottom off each orange and discard.
Stage 4 - 10 min.
Slice, using a mandolin if you have one, as this makes the job a lot easier.
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Then chop the slices into small pieces.
Stage 6 - 15 min.
In a large pan, heat 1 kg caster sugar and 500 ml water to 230°F (110°C), using a
thermometer to check the temperature.
thermometer to check the temperature.
Stage 7 - 15 min.
Add the fruit to the sugar syrup and mix well.
Let the temperature come back up to 221°F (105°C).
Let the temperature come back up to 221°F (105°C).
Stage 8
Your marmalade is ready.
Stage 9 - 5 min.
Fill the jars and immediately turn them upside down. This will push the air trapped in the jars up through the hot marmalade and sterilize it.
Then stand the jars right way up.
Then stand the jars right way up.
Remarks
For jam or marmalade, it is better to work to temperatures rather than cooking time, which can vary a lot, depending on the ripeness of your fruit.
If the texture isn't right (too runny), you can add 2 g of agar-agar for each 1 kg of oranges.
If the texture isn't right (too runny), you can add 2 g of agar-agar for each 1 kg of oranges.
Keeping
Several months.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 4,380 Kcal or 18,338 Kj | 10 gr | 1,086 gr | 0 gr |
| 219 % | 4 % | 102 % | 0 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 175 Kcal or 733 Kj | < 1 gr | 43 gr | 0 gr |
| 9 % | <1 % | 4 % | 0 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Orange: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Provençal colombier for Pentecost, Pogne de Romans, Crêpes Suzette, Citrus tart, Flambéd bananas , ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, Hazelnut and orange cake, Apple custard tart, Rice pudding (riz au lait), Norman flambéed apples, ... All |
 | Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mojito peaches, Toffee apple upside-down cake, Fougasse with bacon and Comté, How to cook rice in rice-cooker, New leavened bread, ... All |
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