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Home » Lemon Marmalade

Lemon Marmalade


Marmalade, typically made with oranges, gets an extra zing when made with Meyer lemons. This recipe makes a wonderful sweet and tart accompaniment for toast or croissants, and it can also be used as a glaze for broiled meats or seafood. With your custom-designed labels on the jars, lemon marmalade becomes a great gift for just about anyone.

This recipe makes a marmalade that is the perfect consistency – not too thick, not too thin. Meyer lemons have a sweet, fragrant taste and a thin skin with very little white. Of all lemons, they make the best marmalade!

Ingredients:
• 4-1/2 pounds of Meyer lemons, unblemished, organically grown
• 12 cups sugar
• 1 box MCP pectin

Equipment:
• jam jars and lids
• 8 quart cook pot
• long-handled wooden spoon
• ladle
• rubber gloves

In a pan, cover the screw caps with water and simmer for 10 minutes. Wash jars and keep them immersed in simmering water for at least ten minutes until ready to fill. Measure sugar into a bowl, set aside.

Wash the lemons, then carefully slice into thin rounds (peel and all), and discard seeds. Put the lemon slices, and any juice and pulp, into a large cook pot. Sprinkle the MCP pectin powder over the lemon slices, and stir constantly until mixture comes to a full rolling boil (a boil that cannot be stirred down). Be sure you have a large pot, as the mixture will boil up very high. Add sugar, and stir constantly until it returns to a full rolling boil. Continue to stir and cook at full rolling boil for exactly 4 minutes. Take off the heat and immediately pour into the hot jars, fill to within 3/8” of the top. Wipe jar rims with a clean, damp paper towel. Immediately put lids on and screw down tightly. Turn jars upside down, then turn upright after 5 minutes. When cool, rinse off any marmalade residue with cool water.

Small jars can be obtained online at Specialtybottle.com. Kerr canning jars can be found at most grocery stores. European canning jars can be ordered online at Weck Jars.

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Jeanne Williamson (111 Posts)

Jeanne and her husband David launched My Own Labels in January of 2000. It was a spin-off of their successful graphic design firm, plus it allowed Jeanne to incorporate her love of baking, making, sewing and creating. Today David and Jeanne continue to be the heart of the operation both creatively and practically.


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Comments

  1. Hannah Pahl says

    January 4, 2013 at 6:35 pm

    Can you use regular lemons instead of Meyer Lemons. I do understand they they are sweeter, but we have a regular lemon tree.

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