Marmalade (and sightings of Seville oranges)
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RubyToogood
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I bought some more to do a batch of ginger but they've gone in the freezer till I've got the energy.
This batch is quite bitter - the peel is quite bitter. More so than usual, and I wondered why
Perhaps it's just the oranges, or perhaps it's because it's because the recipe I used doesn't involve boiling them before cutting them up which I do normally.
This batch is quite bitter - the peel is quite bitter. More so than usual, and I wondered why
Perhaps it's just the oranges, or perhaps it's because it's because the recipe I used doesn't involve boiling them before cutting them up which I do normally.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I've been pondering this as well. I think I even saw Seville oranges for sale in Sainsburys 
To my shame I still have in the freezer the lot of oranges I posted about last year ^
To my shame I still have in the freezer the lot of oranges I posted about last year ^
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
I was going to look for this thread because, once again, my father has bought a stock of seville oranges in preparation for me to have another go at making marmalade...
It kind of went okay in the end last year (after I had thrown away the first batch, and my father had chiselled it out of the marmalade pan!!). But, I noticed that, after a few months, it went sort of crystally, if such a word exists. It was still edible, but it is like the sugar was starting to separate out again or something. Has this happened to anyone else? Did I do something wrong?
It kind of went okay in the end last year (after I had thrown away the first batch, and my father had chiselled it out of the marmalade pan!!
). But, I noticed that, after a few months, it went sort of crystally, if such a word exists. It was still edible, but it is like the sugar was starting to separate out again or something. Has this happened to anyone else? Did I do something wrong?
janeb
WW Tyrion do?
Same here, all gone
Looks like I'll be doing some collective marmalade making as some friends want to have a go, so if there's anyone who fancies a Newcastle craft club re marmalade, let me know,
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
Yes, I have been keeping it in the fridge. Is that wrong?
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
I think the low temp is what makes it separate. I keep mine in the cupboard. Won't do you any harm if it does crystallize though
I carried on eating it quite happily, it's only because it's time to make it again, that I was asking, and I wondered if I had done something wrong which I could avoid this time.
I will ensure not to store it in a fridge next time, and to tell my father the same.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Yes, I think it's storing it in the fridge that makes it crystallise. Or you might have overcooked it, but if it didn't seem too stiff before then you didn't. It's easy to fix though - just scrape it out of the jar into a pan and warm it up gently till the sugar's melted again (let it cool down before putting it back in the jar).
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
11 whopping jars made... Sainabury's are selling them in quite big bags, so did double quantity in two pans, and made one lot whisky and ginger. I felt slightly guilty about buying Seville oranges from Sainsbury's when I normally go to a market stall or small fruiterer because they don't have them, but there again I'd have had to increase my personal food miles to buy them anywhere else.
Made my marmalade to the slightly surreal accompaniment of Phil and Jill Archer doing the same thing, with hilarious consequences
Made my marmalade to the slightly surreal accompaniment of Phil and Jill Archer doing the same thing, with hilarious consequences
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