Wheat /gluten free bread recipe??

Bexstars

does this work with any orange? and do you buy the seville oranges in supermarkets?

Would love to give this a go, never made jam or anything before

thriftlady_2

Bexstars you can make marmalade from any oranges, but it won't have that distinctive bitter taste. Seville oranges are really bitter, you couldn't eat one raw.

They are available in the supermarkets. Just look out for 'oranges for marmalade' any time in Jan or sometimes Feb. They're usually sold in nets.

Bexstars

Thanks Thriftylady

Im just writing out my shopping list for next week and I will keep an eye out for them

culpepper

Sevilles are in the shops now,so if you are thinking of making your own Marmalade, dont leave it too long!
They are usually gone by early Feb and sometimes before that.

I bought 29 oranges and 2 lemons last year which made enough for the 4 of us for a year and my OH goes heavy on the Marmalade

squeaky

Hi culpepper

I've added your post onto our main marmalade thread. Can I be first in the queue for a sample?

Bexstars

I couldnt find any in Morrisons last week when I went in. I might have a look in our local fruit and veg shop, never been in there so a good excuse to check it out

adsk

Seville oranges are available round here already. I bought 3kg of Seville oranges this morning from our local market (Warrington) for £1.08p per Kilo (49p per lb in old money) and now have over 20 jars of finished marmalade cooling in the kitchen. The orangey smell around the house is fantastic - just a bit exhausted now having been on my feet for 4 hours (made soup as well today)

For 1st time marmalade makers I strongly suggest using Tate & Lyle granulated as it's cane sugar - it has the edge over beet sugar for marmalade.

Icemaiden

thriftlady wrote:

Catowen try this easy recipe for Seville Orange Jelly - no peel;)

To make enough for about 8 jars you need
12 Seville oranges
4 pints of water
About 4 lb of jam sugar ie sugar with pectin added.

Wash the oranges and chop them roughly into chunks.

Put the oranges and the water in a large casserole and cook in a low oven all day or simmer slowly on the hob till soft. I haven't tried it but I intend to do mine in the slow cooker this year.
Tip the cooked oranges and water into a jelly bag suspended over a bowl and leave overnight to drip.

Measure the resulting liquid. For every pint of juice add a lb of sugar in a large pan (preserving pan for preference).
Bring to the boil and boil fast for 5 mins. Test for a set by spooning a bit onto a cold plate. If it wrinkles you have a set. If it isn't ready keep boiling and testing every 2 mins.

Pot into warm, sterilised jars. (Sterilise by washing in soapy water and drying in the oven at 100 degrees C).

You can halve the quantities

This jelly is good with pork or duck. You can use it as a glaze on ham. It would also be ideal for painting on your Christmas cake prior to marzipanning.

I do mine in the slow cooker too, makes the peel lovely & tender:D

domino

thriftlady wrote:

You can buy quinces at Waitrose in the autumn,they're usually Turkish.Lucky me,I planted a quince tree almost as soon as we moved to our current house(about 8 yrs ago) and now it produces 50-70 large golden fruits in October,rather more than I can deal with actually.As well as jelly ,this year I made quince vodka which I've yet to sample.Quince trees don't get too big and have beautiful pale pink blossom in April,I recommend planting one.

I have noticed lots of quince growing in gardens when I go for my walk. Are these ones ok to use for preserves or are they an ornamental variety? They are yellow, hard and shaped like a tomato/small apple and follow pink blooms. Have I been missing out on a valuable collection???

thriftlady_2

Domino these sound like japonica quinces rather than quinces from a tree (cydonia oblonga)

Check out this post to be sure
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=3315823&postcount=2

You can make jelly from both kinds.

HTH