Lemon marmalade

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Lemon marmalade

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Well, today I am putting the strawberry jam incident to rest and attempting to make lemon marmalade. :shock: I am doing it like I make my seville orange marmalade, where I boil the fruit whole first.

If it works it will be relatively easy and very cheap as I got bargain lemons. )c( so keep your fingers crossed for me!
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I'd love to know how it comes out. I've never tried lemon marmalade!
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Well, so far so good. The only slight problem I am having is getting the hob on my rayburn hot enough to reduce the liquid by half. That is proving tricky.
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I am trying really hard to keep lovely and CALM }hairout{

It's not setting. }hairout{

I am not doing this again, I shall take it off in a minute and add pectin. }hairout{

It has taken me all afternoon so far. {mr.angry}
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Well, I am hoping it has more or less set now - just waiting for it to cool a little before popping in jars so the peel doesn't rise to the top.

Doesn't quite look like the delicate pale yellow I imagined - it's sort of murky ginger and looks like it's got strips of stripey gheko in it. yike*
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Yum - gecko marmalade )t'
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I think it's burnt. }hairout{
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Yum burnt gheko marmalade ......sorry )grin2( {hug&kiss} {hug&kiss}
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Helen- I admire your persistence! I'm too scared to even attempt to make jam (although have considered giving that cheat's marmalade in a tin a go!). Don't despair- lots of my cooking tastes quite nice with that burnt aftertaste, especially ratatouille for some reason.....! You could always call it roasted lemon marmalade. :-D

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Well, amazingly it tastes ok! {rofwl}

I must have burned at least £10 of oil getting/keeping the hob hot though. Manda - have you made marmalade in your jam maker? Honestly, I think it will pay for itself quite quickly, especially if I can talk one of the family into buying it for me! )grin2(
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p.penn wrote:Well, amazingly it tastes ok! {rofwl}

I must have burned at least £10 of oil getting/keeping the hob hot though. Manda - have you made marmalade in your jam maker? Honestly, I think it will pay for itself quite quickly, especially if I can talk one of the family into buying it for me! )grin2(


Yep and there wasn't a burnt gheko in sight )w( ...I really think they should get you one...
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Lakeland have sold out and it looks as if the new batch arriving end Aug are coming in at £20 more. yike*

That's a 20% increase. I don't know how they can do that. I am very unimpressed/
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