The Great Marmalade Taste Test
We quite like marmalade, particularly when the fruit is freshly picked by our own fair hands, organic and best of all free!
I’ve made a few different sorts of marmalade over the years but often lose track of what recipe I was ‘inspired’ by and basically end up with no idea of how each batch was made or indeed which batch we prefer. The new, organised, bloggy me though has changed all that!
This year I made a traditional St Clement’s Marmalade, a Low Energy Temple Orange Marmalade and a Coriander Marmalade. We were able to compare with some Orange & Whiskey and Lemon Marmalade left over from last year.
For taste alone the St Clement’s Marmalade came out very slightly in front. We both enjoyed the mixture of lemons, sour and sweet oranges. But, once all the effort of making this in the traditional way (squeezing, removing membrane/pith, and cooking for ever) was taken into account we both agreed that the Low Energy Temple Orange Marmalade was a sure winner.
The low energy marmalade or lazy marmalade just required you to cut up the fruit and leave it to soak overnight. There is no juicing or de-pithing to be done. This meant there was less work for me. The key to making the marmalade frugal is that the fruit softens in water overnight so the cooking time is halved. That is frugal marmalade making for you! I made a version of the low energy marmalade using St Clement’s ingredients and yes the pith does look a little opaque left in. But, to be honest as we’re not selling the stuff or entering any WI competitions this year I really cannot see the point of all that extra work.
In future all the marmalade I make will be of the lazy, low carbon footprint variety. Much quicker and way cheaper to make.
The quick, easy and environmentally friendly marmalade recipe is over on the other site.
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i still have enough marmalade from last year but will try yours next year. last years orange jelly is rather good and low energy workwise as the halved oranges cook in muslin and then simply get taken out of the pan.
how do you pack so much into your day! must include much of the night. by the time i have prepared more veg beds, collected more donkey manure, sown or planted, watered, weeded, pruned, walked the dogs and prepared supper……i am cansada.
Some days are busy but other’s not so (the lazy days of lounging in the sun are the one’s I neglect to write about here!).
Luckily the dogs like to get us up early
I will try the soaking method next time, cheers for the tip!
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I too am amazed by how much you seem to do. Unfortunately (?) our dog doesn’t get us up early and would be content to sleep until noon I’m sure, but I do agree that early rising so that the morning doesn’t disappear is a good idea… if I could manage it a bit more often!
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