Blood Orange Marmalade
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Date: 2021-01-19
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Robin
Tests for gelling, better than a thermometer when you've had some experience:
1. The drop test. The drops will begin to coalesce: the hot syrup will begin to drop from a wooden spoon in rectangles, rather than individual drops
2. The wrinkle test. Put a drop of the syrup on a chilled saucer, and, when cool, pass the back of a fingernail through it. If wrinkles faintly appear in a sort of 'skin' on the surface, you're there.
I like mine not too thick, juicy not sticky. but the peel should not float in the final mixture, it should remain evenly distributed through the jar, otherwise, here in the UK, I would get a slap on the wrist from the Women's Institute. BTW. Marmalade on crumpets? NO WAY!
. Yes Vay, say my heathen US friends
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Tests for gelling, better than a thermometer when you've had some experience:
1. The drop test. The drops will begin to coalesce: the hot syrup will begin to drop from a wooden spoon in rectangles, rather than individual drops
2. The wrinkle test. Put a drop of the syrup on a chilled saucer, and, when cool, pass the back of a fingernail through it. If wrinkles faintly appear in a sort of 'skin' on the surface, you're there.
I like mine not too thick, juicy not sticky. but the peel should not float in the final mixture, it should remain evenly distributed through the jar, otherwise, here in the UK, I would get a slap on the wrist from the Women's Institute. BTW. Marmalade on crumpets? NO WAY!
. Yes Vay, say my heathen US friends
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skipsterz
Excellent video Chef John! I ve been thinking about making blood orange marmalade since they re at the grocery stores right now. I always made it previously by first cutting and juicing the oranges. Then, I use a thick wooden dowel to hold the inside of the oranges and zest the peel. Almost no pith makes it in and the zest is a nice size. Contrastingly, the blood oranges I ve gotten in the past, always had a ton of seeds. I ll have to try this method for sure! Blood oranges make a spectacular Orangecello (liqueur) as well.
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Excellent video Chef John! I ve been thinking about making blood orange marmalade since they re at the grocery stores right now. I always made it previously by first cutting and juicing the oranges. Then, I use a thick wooden dowel to hold the inside of the oranges and zest the peel. Almost no pith makes it in and the zest is a nice size. Contrastingly, the blood oranges I ve gotten in the past, always had a ton of seeds. I ll have to try this method for sure! Blood oranges make a spectacular Orangecello (liqueur) as well.
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David
Sterilising. to avoid botulism. The toxin is destroyed by boiling but the spores are not. Pressure cooker/autoclave destroys spores. So, your little marmalade jar could be contaminated with spores. When you seal it up, it creates a low oxygen environment in which C. Boutulinum spores can reproduce and make toxin. If you boil the now uncanned food, you will destroy the toxin but no one boils marmalade before use. BUT your marmalade is acidic (citrus) and C. Botulinum cannot survive under pH 4. 6 so you're probably OK.
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Sterilising. to avoid botulism. The toxin is destroyed by boiling but the spores are not. Pressure cooker/autoclave destroys spores. So, your little marmalade jar could be contaminated with spores. When you seal it up, it creates a low oxygen environment in which C. Boutulinum spores can reproduce and make toxin. If you boil the now uncanned food, you will destroy the toxin but no one boils marmalade before use. BUT your marmalade is acidic (citrus) and C. Botulinum cannot survive under pH 4. 6 so you're probably OK.
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marsdiep1976
When I first traveled to the UK and had some Marmelade from the buffet in the hotel I was horribly confused (and disgusted) because in German Jam is called Marmelade and this bitter stuff is what we call Lebensmittelvergiftung. I then went and lived for seven years in the UK and to this day I cannot stand either Marmelade or Marmite, but to each their own. Your version though looks much more appealing!
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When I first traveled to the UK and had some Marmelade from the buffet in the hotel I was horribly confused (and disgusted) because in German Jam is called Marmelade and this bitter stuff is what we call Lebensmittelvergiftung. I then went and lived for seven years in the UK and to this day I cannot stand either Marmelade or Marmite, but to each their own. Your version though looks much more appealing!
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Henk
See this is why I keep coming back to Chef John. A newbie like Joshua Weissman has you cut off the peel with a japanese hand-sharpened knife and if you had too much white you had to correct it. Chef John is like BOOM potato peeler, works best.
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See this is why I keep coming back to Chef John. A newbie like Joshua Weissman has you cut off the peel with a japanese hand-sharpened knife and if you had too much white you had to correct it. Chef John is like BOOM potato peeler, works best.
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mumps59
Okay, chef, now that you've dredged up grandma memories, you need to do her British mincemeat that had kidney suet and lots of alcohol and took a year to ferment in the basement in those big speckled pots! Thanks for posting.
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Okay, chef, now that you've dredged up grandma memories, you need to do her British mincemeat that had kidney suet and lots of alcohol and took a year to ferment in the basement in those big speckled pots! Thanks for posting.
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Neural
Bejing biden is going to be awesome.
The 2020 Election was secure.
The MSM tells the truth.
Communism is fantastic.
Owning property is for the birds.
And a certain shekelstein definitely killed himself.
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Bejing biden is going to be awesome.
The 2020 Election was secure.
The MSM tells the truth.
Communism is fantastic.
Owning property is for the birds.
And a certain shekelstein definitely killed himself.
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Meira
I'm mildly bothered by throwing away all the fluid that the peels boiled in, I feel like there's got to be a lot of orange 'essence' in there, and so I'm wondering what happens if you skip the boiling the peels step?
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I'm mildly bothered by throwing away all the fluid that the peels boiled in, I feel like there's got to be a lot of orange 'essence' in there, and so I'm wondering what happens if you skip the boiling the peels step?
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Juliann
A Meyer lemon would be the perfect friend of this outstanding recipe. I am also considering a rif on your recipe and add some Rosemary. That s right. I said it.
Thank you for this divine marmalade Chef John.
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A Meyer lemon would be the perfect friend of this outstanding recipe. I am also considering a rif on your recipe and add some Rosemary. That s right. I said it.
Thank you for this divine marmalade Chef John.
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Dessert
Blood oranges just always feel so fancy! (I think for me it's partially because I made blood orange juice once and it took forever, but was so tasty) A fancy marmalade for those fancy self care days!
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Blood oranges just always feel so fancy! (I think for me it's partially because I made blood orange juice once and it took forever, but was so tasty) A fancy marmalade for those fancy self care days!
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