Orange Marmalade

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 12 large oranges
• 3 lemons (meyers are nice)
• 9 cups water
• sugar

Recipe

• 1 wash fruit thoroughly and remove any blemishes.
• 2 slice the fruit very thinly (or use a mandoline) and remove any seeds.
• 3 put fruit in your heaviest stainless steel pot.
• 4 pour water over the fruits and let stand overnight covered.
• 5 the next day simmer the fruit slowly until tender.
• 6 measure the cooked fruit and for each cup add 2/3 cup of sugar.
• 7 cook this mixture rapidly until it jells (from 30 to 60 minutes).
• 8 check for jelling by dipping in a spoon and holding it up to see whether it clings to the spoon and makes a ridge on the edge of the spoon.
• 9 pour into hot sterilized jars and seal.