We've had some snow, then rain and mild weather, now today it's snowing again. Mother nature can't decide what she wants!
I have been wanting to write this post on orange marmalade for a few weeks now, but couldn't get my darn laptop to cooperate. Technology can be so frustrating sometimes. Thankfully today it's working and I can get on with it!
My cousin Brooklyn back in Newfoundland has told me that she showed my blog to her classmates. I feel awesome about that! She has taken an interest in my blog and that makes me so proud! I hope it encourages her and her friends to start one too. Writing is a wonderful thing! So is cooking! It's my love, my life!
So what you need for this sweet sticky wonderful jam are pretty simple ingredients:
4 large oranges
1 lemon, zest and juice (or you can use 3 Tbsp. of lemon juice if you don't have a whole lemon!)
1 cup water
2 cups white sugar
You also need a cutting board and a good sharp knife or better yet, a mandolin!
Wash your oranges. Slice them as thin thin thin as you can!
After you have all of your slices, quarter them and place in a medium pot with water, juice and zest.
Simmer on medium heat for 20 minutes or so till they start to cook down. Add sugar.
Cook down a little more until they become jam like.
Once they become all nice and sticky.....
You can call this done!
But I don't like mine chunky and since they were sliced by hand and not a mandolin, I decided to use my hand blender and puree the whole thing up.
Mmmm! All ready for a nice piece of toast!
I got one jar of this orange beauty out of this recipe!
Enjoy!
