Small Batch Mandarin Orange Or Clementine Marmalade Recipes

INSTANT POT CLEMENTINE MARMALADE RECIPE

Steps:

• Fill your kitchen sink with water.
• Put the clementine's in the sink.
• Soak them in the vinegar water for 10 minutes.
• Remove the stickers on the clementine's.
• Place sliced clementines into the Instant Pot along with any juice that is in the bowl.
• Add 1 cup water to the clementine's in the Instant Pot.
• Place lid on the Instant Pot and make sure it is sealed.
• Close the vent.
• Set the Instant Pot to high pressure and set the timer for 10 minutes.
• Allow the Instant Pot to release the pressure naturally.
• Add the sugar and spices to the clementine mixture inside the Instant Pot.
• Stir to combine everything.
• Sauté while stirring to combine the sugar and spices.
• Cook until the mixture is a soft gel that moves slightly when touched with the tip of the spoon. The texture will be similar to a thick honey.
• Turn off the heat.
• Allow the marmalade to cool in the Instant Pot for 20 minutes.
• Use a ladle to spoon the marmalade into pint jars.
• Leave a 1-inch clearance at the top.
• Seal with lid and place the jars upside down to cool for 3 hours.
• Place the jars in the refrigerator. This is best used within a week once it is opened, but it will keep for up to a month in the refrigerator and six months in the freezer.

MANDARIN ORANGE JAM

Steps:

• Peel mandarins and remove as much of the white pith as possible from the outside and center of the oranges. Remove any seeds that may be lurking in your "seedless" oranges.
• You do not need to remove the membranes separating the segments, however, if any are very loose, remove them.
• Chop mandarin segments into small pieces. If using a food processor or immersion blender, do so briefly to avoid completely pureeing the oranges.
• Zest and juice the lemon, add to oranges.
• You should have 4 cups of prepared oranges. Add orange juice or more orange segments as necessary.
• Wash jars and lids and keep hot. (No need to sterilize).
• In large saucepan, combine 4 cups prepared oranges and No Sugar Needed powdered pectin. Stir until pectin is fully dissolved.
• Over high heat, bring mixture to a full rolling boil, stirring frequently.
• Add sugar. Stir constantly and return mixture to a full rolling boil for 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Pour into hot jars leaving a 1/4 inch headspace.
• Wipe rim of jars and apply 2 piece lids tightening ring finger tight.
• Place jars in hot water bath and boil for 10 minutes (begin timing when water starts boiling).
• Allow jars to rest in canner for 5 minutes, then remove and allow to cool.
• These jars will last on a shelf for one year.
• Makes: 4-5 half pint (250 mL) jars

CLEMENTINE MARMALADE

Steps:

• Scrub & rinse clementines, place in water in a large soup pot (NOT aluminum).
• Squeeze lemon - reserve juice. Bundle the lemon seeds with cheesecloth and tie it off. Add bundle of seeds and the halved lemon to pot.
• Cover the pot and simmer for 2-3 hours until fruit is soft.
• Remove pot from heat, cool overnight; discard bundle of lemon seeds, do not strain liquid.
• Scoop fruit out of the liquid into a large bowl. Halve the clementines, scoop pulp and seeds (if any) into a strainer set over the pot that was used to boil the fruit. Save all peels. Rub pulp through strainer.
• Add sugar and lemon juice to pot. Heat gently, stirring until sugar dissolves, then boil for a few minutes.
• Meanwhile, finely slice clementine peel then stir into boiling sugar-lemon syrup. Continue boiling until marmalade reaches setting point (220*F at sea level) then remove pot from heat, skim foam, and let pot sit for 10-15 minutes to distribute peel evenly.
• Fill hot, sterilized jars; seal with two-part lids; process in boiling-water bath for 15 minutes (sea level).
• Label jars; store in cool, dark place.
• SUGGESTION: Use small decorative jars and make Gift Baskets (along with other kitchen preserves or mixes).

SMALL-BATCH MANDARIN ORANGE (OR CLEMENTINE) MARMALADE

Steps:

• Remove peel from all fruit, being careful to remove only the colored part from the lemon, and slice the peel thinly, using scissors or a sharp knife. Place slivers in a small non-reactive pan with the water, bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.
• Remove and discard white pithy rind and seeds from the lemon. Chop orange and lemon pulp finely in a food processor or with a sharp knife.Add to the saucepan, return to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.Add sugar to mixture, return to boil, and boil rapidly, uncovered, until mixture forms a gel, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.
• Ladle into hot jars and process 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.