Prickly Pear Orange Marmalade Recipes

PRICKLY PEAR ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• Remove skins from prickly pears.
• Slice and remove skins.
• Cover orange with water and soak overnight.
• Add orange juice, prickly pear, and sugar to orange which has soaked overnight.
• Heat slowly and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Continue stirring frequently and boil about 30 minutes or until the mixture is thick and the fruit is clear.
• Pour into hot, dry, sterilized jars to within 1/4 inch of the top if paraffin is used; otherwise fill to the top.
• Seal.

PRICKLY PEAR MARMALADE

Steps:

• Do NOT peel your oranges or lemons. (small chop on oranges).
• Do wash them well to remove any wax and pesticides.
• In a large stainless steel saucepan combine the oranges, lemons and water.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium high and gently boil for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat, cover and place in a cool spot for 12 to 18 hours.
• When ready prepare canner, jars and lids.
• Bring orange mixture to a boil over medium heat.
• Boil, stirring frequently until peel is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Stir in prickly pears, return to a gentle boil.
• Maintaining boil gradually stir in the sugar.
• Boil hard, stirring often until mixture reaches gel stage, around 30 minutes.
• Remove from heat and test gel.
• If gel stage has been reached skim off foam and ladle into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space.
• Remove air bubbles, wipe rim, center lid and screw band down to fingertip tight.
• Place in canner-repeat with remaining jars.
• Process in a boiling water bath canner for 15 minutes.
• Turn off heat, remove canner lid and let jars stand in canner an additional 5 minutes.
• Remove jars, cool and store.

PEACH-PINEAPPLE-ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• Skin, dice and wash the peaches. Place in a large saucepan.
• Add the pineapple to the peaches and mix well.
• Slowly stir in the sugar.
• Boil the mixture for 20 minutes.
• Take it off the heat and stir in the orange jello.
• If you are using it right away, let it stand (stirring occasionally) and keep it in the refrigerator. If you want to keep it in jelly jars, pour the hot mixture into the jars you are using. Seal with rings and bands, then turn the jar over onto its lid and leave it sit overnight. It will seal without a pressure canner.

FIVE-MINUTE SPICED ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients in large saucepan. Pierce each orange peel strip with 4 cloves, spacing apart; add to pan. Simmer until mixture is reduced to 1/2 cup, about 5 minutes. Add marmalade; bring to simmer, stirring often. Remove from heat.
• Using tongs, transfer 1 star anise, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 vanilla piece, and 1 orange-clove strip to each of three 8-oz. canning jars. Filld each jar with hot marmalade and seal with lids. (Can be prepared 4 weeks ahead. Refrigerate.).

PEAR MARMALADE

Steps:

• In a food processor, cover and process pears in batches until pureed. Measure out enough pears to make 2-1/2 cups. In a Dutch oven, combine the pineapple, orange juice, lemon juice, orange zest and pears. Stir in pectin. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly., Stir in sugar; return to a full rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; skim off foam. Ladle into jars or freezer containers and cool to room temperature, about 1 hour., Cover and let stand overnight or until set, but not longer than 24 hours. Refrigerate for up to 3 weeks or freeze for up to 12 months.

PRICKLY PEAR MARMALADE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add six 4-ounce jars; simmer to sterilize. Wash lids and rings in warm soapy water.
• Slice ends off each prickly pear. Make 1 long vertical slit down each one. Use the slit to hold the skin and peel off. Discard peel. Cut flesh into quarters and transfer to a saucepan; mash with a potato masher.
• Simmer prickly pear flesh over medium-low heat until soft, 30 to 45 minutes. Press cooked flesh through the fine screen on a food mill set over a bowl.
• Measure 1 1/4 cup prickly pear pulp into the saucepan. Add sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and butter; bring to a boil. Stir in pectin until dissolved, about 1 minute.
• Pour prickly pear mixture into hot jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of the top. Wipe the rims of the jars with a moist paper towel to remove any food residue. Top with lids and screw on rings.
• Place a rack in the bottom of a stockpot and fill halfway with water. Bring to a boil and lower jars 2 inches apart into the boiling water using a holder. Pour in more boiling water if necessary to bring the water level to at least 1 inch above the tops of the jars. Bring the water to a rolling boil, cover the stockpot, and process for 5 minutes.
• Remove the jars from the pot and place onto a cloth-covered or wood surface, several inches apart, and let cool, at least 24 hours.

ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• wash, quarter removing seeds, then slice oranges.
• place seeds in cheesecloth bag.
• place oranges, seeds, and water in bowl, cover and let stand 24 hrs.
• place oranges, seeds, water and lemon juice in a non corrosive pan and boil 40-45 minutes or until peel is soft.
• remove seed bag.
• add sugar stirring until disolved and boil gently for 40-50 minutes or until jam starts to jel.
• cool slightly skimming and stirring.
• ladle onto jars and water bath process for ten minutes.