Lime pineapple marmalade
Lime pineapple marmalade recipe in the canning category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 grapefruit
- 2 limes
- 1 large pineapple
- Approximately 5 cups water
- Approximately 5 cups granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons freshly grated orange rind
Recipe method:
- Wash and remove the seeds of the limes and the grapefruit and dice or put them through a meat grinder.
- Pare, core and chop the pineapple.
- Measure all the fruit including the juice.
- Add 1 1/2 cups of water for each cup of fruit. Let this stand overnight.
- The next morning, simmer the fruit and water, uncovered, over low heat until the fruit is tender, about 1 hour.
- Measure the mixture again and add the orange rind and 1 cup of sugar for each cup of pulp.
- Cook over medium heat until sugar has dissolved, stirring constantly.
- Cook over high heat until your jelly thermometer reads 220 to 222 degrees F, or the syrup sheets, 2 drops falling from the side of a spoon and forming 1 large drop.
- Ladle into hot, sterilized jars and seal immediately.
- Fill to within 1/2 inch head room, being sure to first wipe the rim and threads of the jars with a hot damp cloth to remove all particles of food, seeds or spices.
- While contents are hot, cover with a 1/8 inch layer of paraffin.
- When paraffin has set, add another layer of melted paraffin, tilting and rotating the jar to seal completely.
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