marmalade that ma made?

Question

my mum made the best marmalade that ever was....she made different types from different fruits....has anyone got their own secrets of making a really excellent marmalade? Go on pleas share ....promise i won't tell!!

Answer 1

marmalade
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1 grapefruit
1 lemon
1 orange
Sugar - 3/4 c. to each c. fruit

Squeeze juice from fruit. Grind peels and pulp in food processor. Measure juice and ground fruit together and add twice its volume of water. Bring fruit and water to a boil in a non-reactive pan and simmer until the mixture is tender and reduced to half the original volume. Add 3/4 cup of sugar for each cup of fruit.
In deep non-reactive pan stir together fruit and sugar and bring to a fast boil. Reduce heat to slow boil; stir occasionally and test after 20-25 minutes. If a skin forms, the marmalade is ready to pot. If it is not ready, bring to a rapid boil for 5 more minutes and test again. Ladle into preheated, sterilized jars. Cover marmalade while hot with melted paraffin wax to seal.

Answer 2

My mum used to buy something like this in a big tin. Have you tried all the major supermarkets? I have a feeling I saw it recently - would have been Tesco, Sainsbury's or Somerfield. On the other hand, I find making marmalade the normal way therapeutic and dead easy - the only time-consuming bit is cutting up the peel, which is considerably shortened by getting some children involved! I use Delia Smith's recipe, you start it one day (boil oranges & lemons, cut them up & squeeze out the pectin through a piece of gauze), then leave overnight. Next day add the sugar & pot up. Et, voila! Because it cooks long & slow, it tastes delicious. The basic recipe is 3lb oranges, 2 lemons, 5 pints water, 6lb sugar.