MIXED CITRUS MARMALADE
Ingredients:
1 thin-skinned pink grapefruit
1 seedless lemon (smooth skinned)
2 limes
1 navel orange
1 cup pink grapefruit juice
1 cup orange juice
1 slice ginger root
1/2 vanilla bean, split open
3 whole cloves
4 + cups sugar
Directions:
Scrub the whole fruits. Quarter the grapefruit halves Halve the orange, lemon and lime. Thinly slice. Discard pieces of peel that contain little or no fruit, up to 30% of peel. Combine citrus in a 8 quart non-reactive pot with the grapefruit and orange juices, ginger slice, vanilla bean and cloves. Bring mixture to a boil and cook, uncovered, at an energetic simmer for 15 minutes. Off the heat pour into a large glass measuring cup.
Measure and set aside an equal volume of sugar. Return the marmalade to the pan, bring liquid to a simmer and start adding sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring and adding more sugar when the liquid regains the simmer.
After all the sugar has been added, continue boiling for 3-5 minutes, until the marmalade thickens and clings to a metal spoon.
Off the heat, remove the seasonings. Pour into clean hot jars to within 1/4" of the lip. Apply a new, clean heat-sealing gasket, and screw cap on tightly. Invert the jar for 10 seconds and let cool on a rack.
Yield: 5 cups
Recipe from Gourmet Preserves Chez Madelaine.
