MARMALADE: Lemon (Lime) Marmalade
Source of Recipe
skaytes@bluegrass.every1.net
List of Ingredients
3 lbs. lemons
15 cups water
6 lbs. (12 cups) white sugar
Recipe
Wash all the lemons thoroughly in warm water, remove the stalks. Cut them in
half and squeeze out the juice. Remove the pips, cut away excess pith if it is
very thick and tie the excess pith and pips (seeds) into a muslin bag. Slice the
skins into matchstick strips and place these in the cooking pan with the juice,
pit and pips and the water. Bring to the boil and simmer until the strips of
skin are very tender. Remove the muslin bag and squeeze out any liquid. Add the
sugar, bring to the boil again, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Boil
rapidly until the setting point is reached. Skim. Allow the marmalade to cool
slightly before pouring it into hot clean jars. Cover.
LEMON GINGER MARMALADE: Make as above . Add 4 oz. chopped crystallized ginger
at the same time as the sugar.
SPICED LEMON MARMALADE: Make as above. Place either 8 whole cloves or 1 stick
cinnamon in the muslin bag with the pith and pits.
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