Clementine Marmalade
Originally published February 22, 2014. Updated on 6/25/2021
If you're enjoying the citrus season and find yourself blessed with clementines, this Clementine Marmalade Recipe is a great way to use them!
Ok, going to take a break from developing Beyond Flour: A New Kind of Gluten-Free Cookbook to share a recipe post or two 🙂
A little while back, I was about to roast a duck, and realized that I didn't have any marmalade on hand for the glaze I wanted for it.
It was cold out, I was feeling lazy - and hey, we had a ton of clementine oranges on hand (I may be *slightly* addicted to them)... so I decided that it would be "easier" to just make some.
What can I say... marmalade is easy, and I really wasn't in the mood to go out - ESPECIALLY not for just ¼ cup of marmalade!
Clementines Marmalade
I'd been meaning to make marmalade from my favourite holiday treat for a few years now, so that also factored in... not that I really need to justify making jam!
While I grew up loving marmalade - even naming my childhood cat (and orange tabby, obviously!) after it, apparently it's a less popular toast spread here in MN. My husband hadn't even tried it before me!
After this batch, though? Loves the stuff.
We brought it to a Sherlock viewing party the day after I made it, and learned that it goes especially well on gingerbread waffles - just an FYI!
A candy thermometer is a good idea for making this. If you don't bring it to a high enough temperature, it won't set up right.
Conversely, if you bring it TOO high, it will set up more firm than you'd probably like for a spread.
Oh, and if clementines are no longer in season when you decide to make this, no worries - other oranges and citrus fruit (alone or in combination) also work well with this recipe!
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Clementine Marmalade Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 lbs seedless Christmas oranges
- 2 lemons
- 6 cups water
- 4 lbs sugar
Instructions
- Wash the oranges and lemons, discarding any stickers before doing so.
- Slice the oranges thinly - about ⅛ inch. You can do this with a knife or a mandoline, or - as I did - cut the oranges in half, then put them through the food processor slicing disk.
- Once sliced, cut each round into 4-5 pieces, place in a large pot.
- Zest and juice the lemon. Add juices and zests to the pot, along with the water. Bring to a boil over high heat.
- Once water comes to a hard boil, reduce heat and simmer for around 45 minutes, or until the orange rinds are very tender.
- Add sugar, stir well to dissolve.
- Turn the temperature back up, bring the mixture up to a boil.
- Continue to boil, stirring constantly until it reaches between 220-224 F on a candy thermometer - about 15-20 minutes.
- Ladle into hot, sterilized canning jars - have about 10 jam jars ready.
- Use a clean, wet paper towel to wipe down the top of each jar.
- Affix sterilized lids and rims, and process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. (Add 5 minutes for altitudes above 1,000 feet; add 10 minutes for altitudes over 6,000 feet.)
- Allow to cool overnight.
- Check all lids for a proper seal: they should have sucked down into a vacuum seal as the jars cooled.
- Store properly sealed jars for later use; refrigerate any that did not seal for use in the coming weeks.
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