Mango Orange Marmalade
- 1 large oranges skin removed with peeler (thinly--no pith)
- 1 cup water
- 18 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 large mangos very ripe ones, peeled, with flesh cut from pit
- 1 medium limes squeezed, juice reserved (lemon may be substituted)
- 5 cups sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 envelope liquid pectin CERTO Brand works well--2 pouches per box
- 3 drops food coloring yellow--absolutely optional
- Stack the strips of orange peel on top of one another, and holding them firmly in place, take a chef's knife and slice them into julienne strips (slivers).
- Place the slivered peel in a little saucepan with 1 cup water and 1/8th teaspoon of baking soda.
- Bring to the boil and set a timer to 20 minutes; meanwhile,
- Carefully cut the pith and remaining peel off the orange and quarter the flesh, again removing the pith from the center, slicing the flesh into very small pieces.
- Put them into a 4 cup measuring cup.
- You are looking to have 3 cups of fruit, including slivered peel;
- Peel the ripe mangos.
- A vegetable peeler works well if you go s l o w l y.
- Slide knife down the flat side of the pit and remove the flesh--then repeat on the other side.
- Cut the mango flesh into very small pieces and add them to the orange;
- Check on your boiling orange peel, and after twenty minutes, strain water out and add the peel to the mangos and orange, looking to see there are 3 cups of fruit.
- If there's slightly less or more, that's alright--
- Measure five cups of sugar into a fairly large, heavy pot.
- Add the salt, then the fruit, and finally, the lime juice.
- At this point you may add the yellow food coloring.
- It is totally unnecessary, of course, but it just enhances the color overall to a gorgeous golden hue;
- Heat your ingredients quite rapidly to boiling while stirring continuously.
- Now, be careful not to stir too vigorously, or a foam will appear--one you may need to skim off.
- Once brought to the boil, remove the pot from the heat and let stand for fifteen (15) minutes.
- This is a good time to heat your jar lids to near boiling, then turn off and keep hot--at the same time, get your jars to the boiling point as well;
- Reheat marmalade to boiling, then open and add your liquid pectin.
- Let it all come back to boiling, and let it gently boil, while stirring constantly for five whole minutes.
- Then turn it off and let it sit.
- If need be, skim the foam.
- It is totally edible, but prize-winning jams are foamless.
- I use the foam for our home use;
- Turn your attention to the canning process: make sure your jars are in boiling hot, but calm water--and make sure the lids are in almost-boiling water.
- Place a rack next to your marmalade mixture;
- With tongs, lift out one jar and empty it of water, and bring it over to the rack next to your marmalade mix.
- Using a ladle, stir into the mix and begin filling your jar, leaving about 1" of air below the rim.
- With a toothpick, or plastic knife, eliminate any bubbles on the surface, and using a clean cloth, wipe the rim free of any jam;
- Place lid cover on rim and screw the rest on gently, (not tightly) and return the filled jar to the boiling water using your tongs.
- Fill and seal each of the jars in this way, until they are all sitting on the rack in your large, boiling-water pot;
- Make sure there is at least 1" of water above your sealed jars.
- Put the lid on the pot and bring the water to the boil, and then boil it all for ten minutes;
- After ten minutes of continuous boiling, carefully lift each jar out and onto a rack.
- Listen carefully for the sound of the lid vacuum-sealing when it hits the cool air--it is a little popping sound as the lid warps inwardly.
- EACH JAR MUST WARP INWARDLY AND MAKE THIS LITTLE SOUND or it possibly didn't vacuum seal properly.
- Crouch down and examine each lid.
- If each is slightly indented, it is vacuum-sealed and can be stored for several months on a shelf, no problem.
- If you have any question about one of them, open it up, make sure there's a good 1" of air below the clean rim, reseal, reboil, and listen again for the sound of the lid indenting.
- Screw your lids on more tightly;
- Finish all your jars in this way.
- Just place remaining empty jars in the water bath, boiling for a few minutes until sterile, filling them with marmalade, and processing as above;
- Label your jars and include a date on the label so your friends know when it was processed.
- Once you've done this recipe, you will see that your next batch goes along more quickly--and you'll feel like a canning expert!
- one final note: it is always better to make 2 batches than to attempt to double this recipe.
oranges, water, baking soda, very ripe ones, limes squeezed, sugar, salt, pouches
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/mango-orange-marmalade-51011 (may not work)