Traditional Marmalade

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Preparation info
  • Makes about:

    5 kg

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      3 hr 30

Appears in
The Art of Preserving: Ancient techniques and modern inventions to capture every season in a jar

By Emma MacDonald

Published 2021

  • About

The season for Seville oranges is short, so make a batch of this classic marmalade in late winter or freeze the fruit and make it when convenient. Seville oranges are best for marmalade as they produce a good flavour and contain more pectin than sweet oranges. Marmalades made with sweet oranges will have a cloudier appearance.

Ingredients

  • 1.5 kg/3 lb 5 oz Seville oranges
  • juice of 2

Method

  1. Halve the oranges and squeeze out the juice and pips. Tie the pips, and any extra membrane that has come away during squeezing, in a piece of muslin/cheesecloth.
  2. Either by hand or using the shredding attachment of a food processor, slice the orange peel, with its pith, into thin, medium or thick shreds, according to your preference.
  3. Put the orange jui