Spiced Lemon Pear Marmalade Recipes

HONEYED PEAR-LEMON MARMALADE

Steps:

• Before you begin, prepare calcium water.To do this, combine ½ teaspoon calcium powder (in the small packet in your box of Pomona's pectin) with ½ cup water in a small, clear jar with a lid. Shake well.Extra calcium water should be stored in the refrigerator for future use.
• Wash and rinse jars, lids, and screw bands. Set screw bands aside until ready to use. Place jars in boiling water bath canner with a rack, fill at least 2/3 of the way full with water, and bring to a boil. Boil jars for 10 minutes to sterilize (add 1 additional minute of sterilizing time for every 1000 feet above sea level), then turn down heat and let jars stand in hot water until ready to use. Place lids in water in a small pan, bring to a low simmer, and hold there until ready to use.
• Peel the pears and remove cores. Discard peels and cores. Slice the pears into small (about ¾ inch) chunks, then set aside.
• Wash lemons thoroughly. Using a vegetable peeler, remove the yellow part of the peel from 2 of the lemons. Then slice these peels into thin, length-wise strips about 1 inch long and place in a sauce pan.
• Remove and discard the remaining white pith from the two peeled lemons. Pull these lemons apart into segments, and slice these segments into small pieces. Remove and discard any seeds, then add these lemons to the sauce pan.
• Slice the remaining 2 lemons in half and squeeze out their juice. Set aside ¼ cup of the lemon juice. Add any remaining lemon juice to the sauce pan.
• Add the 1 cup of water to the lemon mixture in the sauce pan. Cover mixture and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat slightly and cook, covered, for 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the pears and turn the heat up to high to bring the mixture back up to a boil. Reduce the heat slightly and cook the mixture, still covered and stirring occasionally, for another 5 minutes.
• Remove the pan from the heat, empty the pear-lemon mixture into a bowl or other heat-proof container, then measure out 4 cups of the mixture. (If you have any left over, you can use it for something else.) Pour the measured quantity of the mixture back into the sauce pan. Add the remaining ¼ cup lemon juice and the calcium water, then stir to combine.
• In a separate bowl, combine the honey and pectin powder. Mix well and set aside.
• Bring the pear-lemon mixture to a full boil over high heat. Add the honey-pectin mixture and stir vigorously for 1 to 2 minutes, still over the highest heat, to dissolve the pectin. Return the marmalade to a full boil, then remove from heat.
• Remove hot jars from canner and fill jars with marmalade, leaving ¼ inch of headspace. Remove trapped air bubbles, wipe rims with a damp cloth, and put on lids and screw bands, tightening bands only to "fingertip tight" (until resistance is met, and then just the tiniest bit more).
• Place jars in the hot water, on the rack inside the canner. (Make sure jars are upright, not touching each other or the sides of the canner, and are covered with at least 1-2 inches of water). Place the lid on the canner, return the canner to a rolling boil, and boil for 10 minutes. (Add 1 minute additional processing time for every 1000 feet above sea level.)
• Turn off heat and allow canner and jars to sit for 5 minutes. Then, remove jars from canner.
• Allow jars to cool undisturbed for 12-24 hours. Then, confirm that jars have sealed. Remove screw bands from sealed jars, rinse off outside of jars if necessary, label jars, and store for later use. Eat within 1 year. Lasts 3 weeks once opened.

SPICED LEMON-PEAR MARMALADE

Steps:

• Place spices in a tea ball or tie up in a cheesecloth bag.
• Process ginger and water in blender until pureed. Strain well through a fine sieve, pressing down to get as much liquid as possible. Discard the ginger and reserve the liquid.
• Take two of the lemons and quarter lengthwise. Slice the white pith off the core of each piece and remove the seeds. Slice each piece crosswise as thinly as possible, preferably with a mandoline.
• Grate the zest from the remaining lemon and squeeze the juice from it.
• Place all ingredients in a large non-reactive pan and bring up to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until lemon peel is translucent, about 1 hour.
• Remove spice bag and discard spices.
• Pack marmalade into hot sterilized jelly jars.

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.

GINGER-PEAR MARMALADE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan.
• Stir; let stand about 1 hour until pears release their juice.
• Heat and stir until it comes to a boil.
• Cook uncovered, stirring often until pears are mushy.
• Cook rapidly, stirring constantly until jam stage is reached. This will take about 55 minutes.
• Discard spice bag, skim if needed.
• Pour into hot sterilized half pint jars to within 1/4 inch of top. Place sterilized metal lids on jars and screw metal bands on securely. For added assurance against spoilage, you may choose to process in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes.

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.

QUICK PEAR MARMALADE

Steps:

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

PEAR MARMALADE

Steps:

• In a food processor, cover and process pears in batches until pureed. Measure out enough pears to make 2-1/2 cups. In a Dutch oven, combine the pineapple, orange juice, lemon juice, orange zest and pears. Stir in pectin. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly., Stir in sugar; return to a full rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; skim off foam. Ladle into jars or freezer containers and cool to room temperature, about 1 hour., Cover and let stand overnight or until set, but not longer than 24 hours. Refrigerate for up to 3 weeks or freeze for up to 12 months.