Grapefruit and Grenadine Marmalade
photo by P.Q. Butterfat
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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2 1/2 cups
ingredients
- 3 medium grapefruits
- 1⁄3 cup fresh lemon juice
- 6 cups water
- 2 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 - 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, coarsely grated (optional)
- 2 teaspoons grenadine
directions
- Using vegetable peeler, remove peel from 2 grapefruits (coloured part only) in long strips.
- Cut peel into fine julienne.
- Add peel to large pot of boiling water and cook 5 minutes.
- Drain, rinse under cold water, and drain again.
- Peel remaining grapefruit.
- Remove white pith from all the grapefruits.
- Working over large bowl to catch juice, cut between membrane of grapefruits with small sharp knife to release segments.
- Mix segments with grapefruit juice.
- Mix in lemon juice.
- Combine grapefruit mixture and 6 cups water in heavy, medium saucepan.
- Boil 30 minutes.
- Add sugar and peel and stir until sugar dissolves. (add optional ginger, if using, at this point).
- Continue boiling about 30 minutes, stirring frequently and reducing heat if necessary to prevent sticking.
- Check the marmalade at this point.
- Drop 1 tblsp of marmalade onto a chilled saucer and put in freezer.
- If it wrinkles when pushed after 2 minutes of cooling, then it is done.
- Mix in grenadine.
- Spoon hot marmalade into hot, sterilized jars, wiping rim of jar clean.
- Seal tightly.
- Cool to room temperature and refrigerate for up to 3 months.
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Edit: Since I have made this several times, I think that I should change my review to 5 stars. I just love it. Thanks! ***My Mom sent us a box of grapefruit for our anniversary. After a while, I started looking for something to do with them! Since my dh loves grenadine, thought I would try this. It turned out lovely. This was my first time making marmalade. I later used some of the marmalade to make recipe #125663 which turned out very well. Thank you very much for a lovely recipe.
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This is wonderful! I used red grapefruit and got beautiful tangerine coloured marmalade. I had a bit of a panic when the lovely looking lemons I'd bought didn't yield enough juice. But I tied up all the pips, pith and unused rind in a muslin bag and added it to the pan, just to make sure there was enough natural pectin for the marmalade to set. I'll be making this again!
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.