Orange marmalade

[noviceveggrower]

Hi,
thought I throw this question open as I know there are experience jammers out there.
My mom does a it of baking for the WI country market. There marmalade maker is planning to retire soon and my mom has been asked if she could make some for them.
This lady seems to be making it all year round but I thought you could only make it with Seville oranges?
Since you only seem to get Seville oranges Jan/Feb time can you freeze them?
My mom says if you use normal oranges then for some bizarre reason then you would need to pressure cook them.
So much needed advice needed so I can pass it on.
Thanks everyone

[Alison]

Yes you can freeze but you can also make perfectly good marmalade with citrus other than Seville oranges and without a pressure cooker. Made some lovely lemon and lime the other year.

[Thelma Sanders]

I use ordinary oranges/grapefruit and some lemons ....................
Citrus fruit marmalade recipe - All recipes UK

[noviceveggrower]

Thanks for that. I ad to get up with my little boy in the middle of the night and it suddenly I thought if she uses that orange stuff you can get in a big tin from say Lakeland. It is fairly cheap and not so time consuming.

[Nannysally99]

The Lakeland tin makes gorgeous marmalade, so much easier, and they do different varieties

[pigletwillie]

After years of using sevilles to make marmalade, I tried the lakeland tin. To be honnest the difference is taste is lost on my tastebuds so thats what I use now. Its so much easier.

[Thelma Sanders]

Cheaper to use ordinary oranges and lemons, than to pay postage to Lakeland.....
Mamade from most supermarkets, is good stuff, for when you just can't be bothered with the prep

Mamade Prepared Seville Oranges Thin Cut 850G - Groceries - Tesco Groceries

[bussinspain]

I use normal oranges. I cut the oranges in half, remove the seeds then roughly chop them. I then blitz them in the food processor, weigh the resulting "mush and bits" and add the correct amount of sugar. Bring to the boil until setting point is reached - hey presto lovely orange marmalade with bits in - delicious

[Zelenina]

Marmalade isn't very well known in Slovakia, but I love it and want to make some. But most of the citrus fruit on sale here has the peel chemically treated with Thiabendazole. Is it the same in the UK? how easily does that stuff wash off? I think I'll have to stick to organic lemons from Lidl.

[Thelma Sanders]

Here, sometimes you can see organic citrus which is unwaxed - but most of it is waxed (which is what contains the chemicals).
I've always just given them a scrub before taking the peel off to put in the marmalade

[Alison]

I always pay mire for unwaxed, they're easy enough to get hold of here and I'm not convinced I'm any good at removing all the yucky stuff.

[BertieFox]

Don't forget that marmalade was originally made with quinces, and it has been an excellent quince year. There are some good recipes here: Quince Marmalade Recipe - How to make quince marmalade recipe

[Nannysally99]

I notice Sainsbury's are doing the marmalade in a tin like Lakeland. No postage for that one