Homemade Orange Marmalade

👨‍🍳 Method

1. 1
   Wash the fruit and lemon well, slice thinly into wheels and cut each wheel into quarters.

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2. 2
   Put the fruit, lemon and water in a pot, bring to a boil and cook 20 minutes, until the peels soften.

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3. 3
   Add the sugar and stir until it dissolves.
4. 4
   Bring to a boil, stirring.

   Stove
5. 5
   Skim off the foam that rises at the start of cooking with a spoon.
6. 6
   Turn down the heat and simmer 30–40 minutes, stirring often, until the jam thickens.

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   💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
7. 7
   Test the thickness: the jam is ready when a drop of it on a cold plate sets.

   💡The plate test: chill a small plate in the freezer ahead of time, drip a little jam onto it and wait half a minute. If the drop wrinkles when you push it with your finger, the jam is ready.
8. 8
   Pour into clean, sterilized jars.

   Jar
9. 9
   Keep in the fridge for up to a month.

   Refrigerator