Prickly pear marmalade
Prickly pear marmalade recipe in the canning category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 medium orange
- 3 prickly pears
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup granulated sugar
Recipe method:
- Remove peel from orange, reserve pulp and cut peel into thin strips.
- Cover peel with water, bring to a boil and simmer 5 minutes.
- Drain, cover with fresh water and again simmer for 5 minutes.
- Drain a second time.
- Add 1/2 cup fresh water, simmer for 5 minutes, do not drain.
- Remove seeds and heavy membranes from orange pulp and dice.
- Prepare prickly pears by peeling and removing seeds.
- Add diced orange pulp, 2 cups of the prickly pear pulp, orange juice, lemon juice and sugar to the orange peel.
- Boil until it thickens and the gel point is reached, about 30 minutes.
- Ladle into hot sterilized jars. Seal.
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