Old-Fashioned Grapefruit Marmalade ~ Bed and Breakfast Recipes

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Old-Fashioned Grapefruit Marmalade

Ingredients:

5 kg grapefruit ~ greenish ~ off the tree MUCH preferred
5-6 lemons ~ good sized
5 kg white sugar
6-8 ltr water

Finely slice the grapefruit and lemons. Place them in a good sized stainless steel cooking pot with the water ~ over a wok burner if possible as this reduces caramelising of the sugar and the fruit sticking to the bottom of the pan)

Bring to the boil and then boil gently until the skin of the citrus fruit is "clarified" and soft

Add the sugar, stirring until completely dissolved

Maintain at a gentle boil until reduced sufficiently for the jam to "set"

Skim the pips if desired ~ I rarely do as it seems not to make a difference to the jam itself ~ but essential if you want to "show" your marmalade rather than eat it!

Bottle, seal and label immediately ~ using clean and heated bottles of course.

Try experimenting with different citrus frouts and citrus fruit mixes ~ limes ~ mandarins ~ oranges ~ cumquats ~ using the same proportions of total citrus in the recipe.

One of my favourite mixes is what I call "Four Seasons Marmalade" with predominantly grapefruit (say 3.5 kg), lemon of course, orange (1 kg) and cumquat (500 g).

Grapefruit and lime in equal quantity (plus the lemons) is also great for variety on the breakfast table.

Bear in mind however that oranges, mandarins and cumquats have less pectin than grapefruit and require more time on the cooker ~ you may have to settle for a jam that is less of a jelly consistency than you would have with the plain marmalade. So always use lemons or limes as both are jam packed with pectin.

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