Peardise Marmalade Recipes

PRICKLY PEAR MARMALADE

Steps:

• Do NOT peel your oranges or lemons. (small chop on oranges).
• Do wash them well to remove any wax and pesticides.
• In a large stainless steel saucepan combine the oranges, lemons and water.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium high and gently boil for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat, cover and place in a cool spot for 12 to 18 hours.
• When ready prepare canner, jars and lids.
• Bring orange mixture to a boil over medium heat.
• Boil, stirring frequently until peel is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Stir in prickly pears, return to a gentle boil.
• Maintaining boil gradually stir in the sugar.
• Boil hard, stirring often until mixture reaches gel stage, around 30 minutes.
• Remove from heat and test gel.
• If gel stage has been reached skim off foam and ladle into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space.
• Remove air bubbles, wipe rim, center lid and screw band down to fingertip tight.
• Place in canner-repeat with remaining jars.
• Process in a boiling water bath canner for 15 minutes.
• Turn off heat, remove canner lid and let jars stand in canner an additional 5 minutes.
• Remove jars, cool and store.

PEACH ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to a large pot; slowly bring to a boil; stir frequently until the sugar dissolves.
• Boil for approximately 40 minutes or until thickened, stirring frequently to keep from sticking.
• Take pot off of stove; skim off foam with a metal spoon.
• Quickly pour marmalade into hot sterized jars, leave 1/4 inch headspace.
• Cover immediately with metal lids and screw on bands tight.
• Process in boiling water bath for 15 minutes.

QUICK PEAR MARMALADE

Steps:

• Place all the ingredients in a pot and cook over a low flame for 30 minutes.

PEAR MARMALADE

Steps:

• Wash pears; peel, core and grind.
• Wash oranges and lemons; remove seeds and ends.
• Grind citrus, skins and all.
• Place all the fruit in stainless steel kettle, add sugar and stir well.
• Bring to a boil and cook until clear.
• Pour into sterilized jelly glasses and seal.

ABSOLUTELY FAIL-PROOF EASY MARMALADE

Steps:

• Take the 6 citrus fruits and wash well, removing any blemishes.
• Cut into quarters, and place in a food processor.
• Chop until finely ground, skin and all.
• For an optional extra add some crystallized ginger.
• Boil with the 1 kilo of sugar, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, for 20 minutes.
• It splatters, so be careful.
• This quantity fills about 5 x 340 gram jars.
• Do not double the ingredients, rather make two batches.
• It never goes dark and lasts for up to 6 months in the refrigerator without the need to sterilize the bottles.

PEACH MARMALADE

Steps:

• Cut the orange and lemon into quarters; remove all of the seeds.
• Slice the orange and lemon quarters crosswise into very thin slices.
• In a medium saucepan, combine fruit slices and water.
• Cover, and simmer the orange and lemon mixture for 20 minutes.
• Peel, pit, and finely chop the peaches.
• In a 8-10-quart heavy bottomed stockpot/kettle or a Dutch oven, combine orange and lemon mixture with the peeled and chopped peaches.
• Stir the pectin in the fruit mixture; bring the mixture to a FULL rolling boil, stirring constantly. add sugar.
• brign back to a hard boil , uncovered for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat; quickly skim off foam. stir for 7 minutes.
• Pour at once, into HOT sterilized jars, and seal.