Clementine Marmalade

Total Time: 12 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 12 hrs

Ingredients

• 16 clementines, whole
• 4 cups water
• 1 lemon, halved
• 7 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 scrub & rinse clementines, place in water in a large soup pot (not aluminum).
• 2 squeeze lemon - reserve juice. bundle the lemon seeds with cheesecloth and tie it off. add bundle of seeds and the halved lemon to pot.
• 3 cover the pot and simmer for 2-3 hours until fruit is soft.
• 4 remove pot from heat, cool overnight; discard bundle of lemon seeds, do not strain liquid.
• 5 scoop fruit out of the liquid into a large bowl. halve the clementines, scoop pulp and seeds (if any) into a strainer set over the pot that was used to boil the fruit. save all peels. rub pulp through strainer.
• 6 add sugar and lemon juice to pot. heat gently, stirring until sugar dissolves, then boil for a few minutes.
• 7 meanwhile, finely slice clementine peel then stir into boiling sugar-lemon syrup. continue boiling until marmalade reaches setting point (220*f at sea level) then remove pot from heat, skim foam, and let pot sit for 10-15 minutes to distribute peel evenly.
• 8 fill hot, sterilized jars; seal with two-part lids; process in boiling-water bath for 15 minutes (sea level).
• 9 label jars; store in cool, dark place.
• 10 suggestion: use small decorative jars and make gift baskets (along with other kitchen preserves or mixes).