Blood Orange Marmalade

Blood Orange Marmalade 2

Aren’t these the cutest little jars you’ve ever seen?  The first one came from my gramma.  She gave it to me at the family reunion this summer, and I love its shape and pattern.  The second is an adorable “elite” jar from Ball.

Blood Orange Marmalade 1

And that gorgeous rosy stuff inside? Blood orange marmalade.  We fell in love with the blood orange juice and jam served at breakfast nearly every morning while in Italy.  I wasn’t on the ball enough to make some marmalade last year, but I made sure to fit it in this year.  It was totally worth the effort.

Blood Orange Marmalade

I now have three 1/2 pint jars full of beautiful blood orange marmalade, sweet with a punch of grapefruit-like sour and plenty of chewy candied orange peel, plus a nearly full 1/2 pint jar that  wasn’t full enough to process and seal.  Ah well…guess it means well have to eat lots in the next few weeks!

You can find the recipe I used at Food in Jars.

 

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6 Responses to “Blood Orange Marmalade”

  1. February 13, 2012 at 7:36 am #

    this sounds divine!! and i love those little jars :) so cute. the “elite” jars are my FAVORITES of the ones we have at the apartment. We use them to hold all sorts of stuff. [i also like to keep some of my secret vices in jars - adorable "hiding" spots for that which I love to indulge, you know? Special treats need a special place - right?]

  2. February 13, 2012 at 8:37 am #

    Looks so cute! Love maramalades :)

  3. February 13, 2012 at 9:41 am #

    I had a blood orange in my hands last night and then thought “what the heck would I do with this?” and put it down. Time to make a grocery run again!

    The jars are adorable!

  4. February 13, 2012 at 4:29 pm #

    I love the teeny bell jars – they’re so adorable!

  5. February 15, 2012 at 10:42 am #

    oh my goodness, i bet this is incredible.

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