We left Silverhill, William's home, with bags full of oranges, satsumas, and grapefruits. With that much citrus fruit we had to get creative before they went bad. And so we made preserves. This was relatively easy to do, but I will make one suggestion- Make sure you have all necessary equipment.
We bought this mandoline from William-Sonoma with a gift certificate we had from the wedding. I am OBSESSED! You can slice anything with it!
After slicing the oranges/satsumas, we quartered them.
And then we cooked them adding sugar and lemon zest.
After cooking them for an hour we put them in jars. Very important to have a jar funnel, jar tongs, and a deep pot. You boil these jars so that a seal is created and your marmalade stays fresh. We made the mistake of thinking our pots were deep enough and we had to run back to the store to buy a bigger stock pot.
It such a fun project and we are excited to be able to give some of the marmalade as Christmas gifts.
We followed Alton Brown's Orange Marmalade recipe. It was simple, easy, and it turned out DELICIOUS!
Enjoy!
Elizabeth Milne
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