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If you're enjoying the citrus season and find yourself blessed with clementines, this Clementine Marmalade Recipe is a great way to use them!
A super easy orange marmalade recipe, it’s a great way to preserve those highly seasonal oranges.
Originally published February 22, 2014. Updated on 1/6/2024
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A little while back, I was about to roast a duck, and realized that I didn't have any sweet marmalade on hand for the glaze I wanted for it.
It was cold out, I was feeling lazy - and hey, we had a ton of clementine oranges on hand (I may be *slightly* addicted to them)... so I decided that it would be "easier" to just make some.
What can I say... homemade marmalade is easy to make, and I really wasn't in the mood to go out - ESPECIALLY not for just ¼ cup of marmalade!
I'd been meaning to make marmalade from my favourite holiday treat for a few years now, so that also factored in... not that I really need to justify making fruit preserves!
While I grew a fan of marmalade - even naming my childhood cat (an orange tabby, obviously!) after it, apparently it's a less popular toast spread here in MN. My husband hadn't even tried it before me!
After his first time trying homemade orange marmalade though?
Loves the stuff!
We brought it to a Sherlock viewing party the day after I made it, and learned that it goes especially well on gingerbread waffles - just an FYI!
A candy thermometer is a good idea for making this. If you don't bring it to a high enough temperature, it won't set up right.
Conversely, if you bring it TOO high, it will set up more firm than you'd probably like for a spread.
Oh, and if clementines are no longer in season when you decide to make this, no worries - other oranges and citrus fruit (alone or in combination) also work well with this recipe!
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What Makes This an Easy Marmalade
The nature of the oranges used - and the addition of lemons - is what makes this recipe especially easy.
To start off, using seedless oranges means you’re not picking through orange segments to remove seeds.
Then, there’s the matter of pith - the bitter tasting white part that citrus fruits tend to have just under the rind.
Clementines don’t have much pith, so we just use the whole fruit.
... this means there’s no messing around with a vegetable peeler, fussing to separate the orange rind from the pith.
Being able to just slice up whole oranges is the BEST way to make marmalade, IMHO - especially if you’re making lots of marmalade in a season.
Beyond the seeds and orange peels, there’s the fact that clementines are a reliably good tasting orange, and don’t tend to impart any bitter taste.
Finally, the use of lemons boosts the amount of natural pectin in the mixture, and means there’s no need for adding a liquid pectin additive to the mix.
It’s just oranges, lemon, sugar, and water!
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Ingredients
This easy marmalade recipe takes only a few simple ingredients - all 3 of them are easy to find in any grocery store!
I don’t have anything to add in terms of the Granulated Sugar so let’s talk about the fresh oranges and lemons.
Clementine Oranges
As I mentioned above, I designed this recipe using clementines - but don’t let that stop you from using this to make homemade marmalade from other varieties of sweet oranges.
Navel oranges are usually easy to find, and blood oranges would make a gorgeous marmalade.
Other varieties of tangerine type oranges - satsumas, etc - would work as well.
Whatever you use, just be sure to remove the seeds if they’re not seedless, and try to use something that doesn’t have much pith.
Fresh Lemons
I created this recipe using regular lemons. Meyer lemon MAY work - but I haven’t tried it.
It’s sweeter and its fruit juice is less acidic than regular lemons, and the pectin content may be different, too.
One of these days, I’ll try it. If you get to it before I do, be sure to comment below and let me know how it went!
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Easy Clementine Marmalade [Homemade Orange Marmalade]
If you're enjoying the citrus season and find yourself overly blessed with clementines, this Clementine Marmalade Recipe is a great way to use them up!
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
Processing Time10 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
Course: Breakfast, Condiment
Cuisine: Scottish
Diet: Gluten Free, Low Lactose, Vegan, Vegetarian
Servings: 120 - 10 x 8 oz Jam jars
Calories: 59kcal
Author: Marie Porter
Equipment
10 Clean, Sterilized Jam Jars with New Lids I like to have one or 2 extra, just in case.
Jar Lifter, Canning Funnel
Ingredients
- 2 lbs seedless Christmas oranges
- 2 lemons
- 6 cups water
- 4 lbs sugar
Instructions
Wash the oranges and lemons, discarding any stickers before doing so.
Slice the oranges thinly - about ⅛ inch. You can do this with a sharp knife or a mandoline, or - as I did - cut the oranges in half, then put them through the food processor slicing disk.
Note: You can cut them a bit thicker for a thick-cut marmalade, but it will take a little longer to cook, than thin slices do.
Once sliced, cut each round into 4-5 pieces, place in a large pot.
Zest and juice the lemon. Add lemon juice and lemon zest to the pot, along with the water. Bring to a boil over high heat.
Once water comes to a hard boil, reduce element to medium heat (or medium low heat, if you have a really hot burner), and simmer for around 45 minutes, or until the orange rinds are very tender.
Add sugar, stir well with a wooden spoon to dissolve.
Turn the temperature back up, bring the cooking liquid up to a full rolling boil.
Continue to boil, stirring constantly until the orange mixture reaches between 220-224 degrees F on a candy thermometer - about 15-20 minutes.
Ladle hot marmalade into hot, sterilized canning jars - have about 10 jam jars ready.
Use a clean, wet paper towel or clean kitchen towel to wipe down the top of each jar.
Affix sterilized lids and jar rims, and process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. (Add 5 minutes for altitudes above 1,000 feet; add 10 minutes for altitudes over 6,000 feet.)
Make sure there is enough water to keep the jars completely submerged in boiling water for the full 10 minutes.
Carefully remove the hot jars from the water bath. Loosen the rims - to allow water to drain/prevent rusting - and allow to cool overnight.
The next day, check all lids for a proper seal: they should have sucked down into a vacuum seal as the jars cooled to room temperature.
Tighten all rims and store properly sealed jars in a cool dark place for later use; refrigerate any that did not seal for use in the coming weeks.
Nutrition
Calories: 59kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 3mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg
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