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Orange Elderflower Marmalade

A fantastic orange marmalade
Course Canning, Marmalade
Cuisine All-American
Keyword elderflower, orange, orange elderflower marmalade, syrup
Author Lynn / Turnips 2 Tangerines

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 8 whole navel oranges
  • 7 cups sugar
  • 4 cups orange juice
  • 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 box fruit pectin
  • 4 tablespoon Elderflower Syrup (D'arbo Elderflower Syrup can be purchased on Amazon)

Instructions

  • Step 1: Select the fruit.
  • Step 2: Wash fruit
  • Step 3: Wash the jars in hot soapy water and rinse well or clean the jars in a dishwasher. Put the lids in a pan of hot water to keep warm and to clean lids. Keep the jars warm until needed.
  • Step 4: Remove the peel with a vegetable peeler, remove only the colored part of the peel. This outer part of the peel is what gives orange marmalade its classic bitter taste. Thinly slice the peel. Put the peels, 2 cups orange juice and 1/8 teaspoon baking soda in a saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil, cover, turn down the heat, let simmer for 20 minutes.
  • Step 5: Using your fingers, peel off any remaining white pith, discard.
  • Step 6: Cut the oranges in half, across the segments. The tough white part in the center needs to be removed. Using a pair of scissors, simply snip it out and discard.
  • Step 7: Slice the two halves into thin slices, then chop the slices up a bit. Remove and discard any seeds or tough parts of the orange that you find in the process. Place fruit in a medium bowl. Set aside.
  • Step 8: Measure the sugar. (You'll need to follow the directions that come with the pectin. Generally, the lower sugar pectin recipes call for 4 cups of sugar per box and the regular pectin calls for 7 cups of sugar.) Mix the dry pectin and about 1/4 cup sugar, set aside.
  • Step 9: Stir the pectin/sugar mixture into the chopped fruit, set aside for a few minutes.
  • Step 10: In a large pan, stir together the orange juice/peel mixture, sugar, pectin/sugar/chopped fruit mixture, lemon juice, remaining 2 cups orange juice and 2 tablespoons Elderflower syrup. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Bring the mixture to a full rolling boil, boil hard for one minute. Remove from heat and stir in remaining 2 tablespoons of Elderflower syrup.
  • Step 11: Fill the jars to within 1/4-inch from the top, wipe away any spilled marmalade off the top, seat the lids and tighten the rings. Put the jars into a boiling water canner.
  • Step 12: Keep the jars covered with at least 2-inches of water, keep the water boiling and boil for 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Step 13: Carefully remove jars from boiling water canner. Let jars cool, in a draft-free place without touching each other overnight. Loosen bands and wipe dry, this will ensure that rust doesn't form under the bands, tighten bands. Check to make sure jars have sealed. It may take up to two weeks for the marmalade to set and thicken up.