Marmalade Mark I
Respect to Liking Pineapples
Start 1.5kg citrus = five grapefruit and one lemon
Citrus into suprêmes, peel skin off and chop
Reserve membranes, seeds, pith
Boil remaining citrus & skin = 550g in 1.25L, 250g of reserved bits in muslin bag for one hour
Cut muslin bag in strainer pot over pot of boiled fruit & peel
Left for ages as went out etc
Added 460g sugar, 35g of Hansells Pectin (1/2 packet) to the around 1kg of water & fruit
Boiled for 24 min stirring, testing every six till very thick and dark orange, bubbling like hockey pockey.
Yielded two jars of extremely well set marmalade, almost like fruit cheese. I definitely could have stopped boiling earlier.
Mamalade Mark II
Respect to Naturally by Trisha
Start 1.5kg citrus = six grapefruit and one lemon
Cut off ends as if to supreme, cored with apple corer and removed obvious pips
Reserve cores, pips
Slice with food processor disk finely, discarding large pithy pieces and slicing large peel pieces
Boil remaining citrus = 1.1kg in 1L of water, reserved bits in muslin bag for 45min as it started sticking
Left overnight as busy
Added 550g sugar, 35g of Hansells Pectin (1/2 packet)
Boiled for 12min at 115 degrees (got to nearly 120 at the end) with minimal stirring, testing every six till set as obvious through leaving in small glass bowl and separating into halves by finger and flaked off a spoon.
Yielded three jars plus 75mL cook's treat of soft, runny and very nice marmalade. I'm not sure its sour enough for my taste but I think I would struggled to set it with less. I think the slices could be thicker and larger but that would be hard to achieve without a larger food processor pipe or the effort to slice it myself.
Marmalade Mark III
Same as II but just cut core end off not whole top
Slice with FP disk thicker
Soak remaining = 1.4kg in 1L overnight
Boil remaining citrus = 1.6kg, reserved bits in muslin bag for 45min as sticking
Left two nights as busy
Added 500g sugar, 70g Hansells Pectin (1 packet)
Boiled for 6min at 105 degrees, burnt bottom and caramelised. Was very brown and seemed lightly jellified so stopped. Definitely sets quicker using all the pectin.
Yielded five jars of tart, runny and slightly caramelised marmalade with large chunks of fruit. I still like it but its an acquired taste as its slightly burned but tart. I think this would have been the perfect recipe with a bit more sugar and unburned!
