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I made my marmalade yesterday but it didnt set to well so i re-heated it today to reach a better setting point and it has set beautifully but is now a dark colour rather than a light orange colour like yesterday, it doesnt taste burnt. Any ideas??
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Sounds to me as if the sugar in the marmalade has started to caramelize. I wouldn't worry about it. You see plenty of "Dark" Seville marmalade in the shops and as long as it tastes good, what the hell? I made a batch of the lovely stuff a couple of weeks ago and it has a very light set which when it hits hot toast tends to liquify quite quickly, but on a Sunday morning who cares about getting a little sticky over breakfast?
Enjoy the fruits of your labours!When the Devil gives you Cowpats - make Satanic Compost!
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Yeah, your quite right, what the hell, if anyone complains about their free home made marmalade being too dark, i'll tell them it was meant to be that colour as its a special recipe and not to be so ungrateful!!!
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Tell your friends it's "Dundee" Marmalade - that's traditionally very dark - and usually more expensive - so they're getting EXPENSIVE free homemade marmalade!!!
Actually you are very generous. I always have good intentions about giving my stuff away, but then think to myself, "Well, this batch has got to last a year......."When the Devil gives you Cowpats - make Satanic Compost!Comment
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I've had LEMON marmalade come out dark. Just pretend you used dark brown sugar (which is how you get it that colour on purpose).Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
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You can make it dark deliberately using brown sugar as Hilary says, or a couple of tablespoons of dark treacle. I found a recipe last week with brown treacle which I hadn't tried before. I had 2 lots of Seville oranges in the freezer so I decided to go for it. It's a wonderful rich brown and doesn't taste any different, so I shall do it again!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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It depends on how long you cook it for (goes darker if cooked slowly for longer) and will also darken with age. If anyone comments on the colour they dont know their marmalade. Some people prefer it darker.. some lighter
Margaret
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