Grapefruit marmalade
Grapefruit marmalade recipe in the canning category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 to 3 Texas Ruby Red or Rio Star grapefruit
- 1 lemon
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 5 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2, 6 ounces, bottle liquid fruit pectin
Recipe method:
- Remove skins in quarters from grapefruit and lemon. Set fruit aside.
- Lay quarters flat. Shave off and discard almost all white part.
- With a sharp knife or scissors, slice rind very thin.
- Combine rind, water and baking soda in large saucepan.
- Bring to a boil and simmer, covered, 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Chop peeled grapefruit and lemon. Discard seeds.
- Add to cooked rind and continue simmering 10 minutes.
- Measure 3 cups fruit mixture into large saucepan.
- Add sugar to fruit in pan. Mix well.
- Place over high heat. Bring to a full, rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil hard 1 minute.
- Remove from heat and stir in pectin at once. Skim off any foam. Stir and skim 7 minutes.
- Ladle into hot sterile jars and seal.
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