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Cutie tangerine 2015 not good1/11/2024 ![]() ![]() Usually it’s for Pop Tarts, Ice Cream Drumsticks, and Chocolate Donuts. Makes eight jars.My girls always put in requests when they know I’m going to the grocery store. While it’s still hot, transfer to small (5 oz.) jars. I used an immersion blender while the fruit was still cooking to make it somewhat smoother, but it’s not completely necessary because the fruit breaks down a lot during an hour-plus of boiling. ![]() The marmalade should start to thicken, but remember it will gel more when it cools. Then add the sugar and juice of remaining lemon, and stir.Ĭontinue boiling for about one hour, stirring occasionally. Use the string to tie it tightly and drop it into the pot. While the fruit and water is heating up, empty the tea from an unused teabag and fill it with the lemon seeds. Dice the reserved clementine peel into small (1/2-inch) pieces and add to pot. Cut them as you did the clementines and remove all the seeds (I cut them into smaller bits in order to get at all the seeds). Put the orange pieces in a large pot (not aluminum as it could react with the citrus I used the enameled cast iron Dutch oven that I use for just about everything). Set the peel aside and cut the Cuties, first in half, then quarter the halves. Really.Ģ4-30 Cuties or other fresh clementines/mandarinsįirst peel the Cuties, reserving the peel from about four of them (wash those four first!). Also, there is one tedious step, which I hope won’t turn you off from this recipe: I read somewhere that lemon seeds contain a lot of pectin (the stuff that makes fruit turn to gel), and since I didn’t want to be fishing seeds out of my marmalade, I made a little satchel from an emptied-out teabag for the seeds to simmer in. The only thing that was even remotely hard about this recipe was peeling all those Cuties (Good thing they’re so easy - and kind of fun - to peel as we all know, even kids can do it!) and lemons (a little more challenging use a knife to get them started). ![]() It’s delish on toasted cranberry bread too… I plan to serve this marmalade with scones on Christmas morning, and my husband made an experimental sauce for duck breasts with it last night that was outstanding. I added a couple lemons so it wouldn’t be too sweet, and, I must say, it’s delicious - and such a beautiful color, too. So when I was deciding what to make this year for holiday hostess gifts, I ditched my original plan of Berry Balsamic Jam (Too summery, right? Most of the berries are pretty pitiful these days.) in favor of something more seasonal like… Cutie Marmalade! Basically this is just orange marmalade using clementines instead of oranges. When my kids come out of school - basically one big Christmas party these days - with sticky fingers and faces from yet another “special treat” (“Mom, we had candy canes and donuts today!”), you can guess what we’re having for snack! Plus the Cuties help keep me out of the toffee, spiced nuts, peppermint bark, cranberry bread, and other recent house invaders. I love that Cuties are (usually) seedless, portable, tasty, and especially that they’re good for you. ![]() Sometimes I wonder how we ever survived the winter, let alone the holiday season, before some very smart person started selling California clementines by the crate. ![]()
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