Lemon-Lime Marmalade Recipe

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Lemon-Lime Marmalade
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Ingredients:

  • 3 1/2 cups citrus segments and juice (i used about 10 lemons and 4 limes to get to this amount, you could use any lemon to lime ratio that)
  • zest from all your citrus fruit
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp butter
  • 1 (3 oz) envelope liquid pectin

Directions:

  1. Thoroughly wash all your citrus fruit and remove the zest with a vegetable peeler. Scrape as much of the pith as possible from each strip of peel with a very sharp knife and slice the zest into very small, thin pieces.
  2. Place the prepared zest, water and baking soda in a nonreactive pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. In the meantime segment your zested citrus fruit by slicing off the ends of each fruit, standing it up on a cutting board and slicing off the pith. Then cut each fruit in half and cut between the membranes to free the segments. Place the segments in a 4-cup measuring cup and keep going until you have accumulated 3 1/2 cups of segments and juice.
  4. Add the segments with juice and 1 cup of the sugar into the peel mixture. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes longer.
  5. Stir in the remaining 5 cups of sugar and butter and bring to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly.
  6. Quickly stir in the pectin and return to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly for 1 minute.
  7. Remove from the heat and stir constantly for 6-8 minutes to evenly distribute the zest throughout the marmalade (if you skip this step you will end up with all of your zest floating to the top of your jars!).
  8. Ladle quickly into sterilized jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes, adjusting for altitude.
  9. The jars need to sit for 2 weeks before you taste to let the marmalade mellow and lose some of its bitterness. I usually get somewhere between 3 and 4 pints from this recipe!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 235.07 Kcal (984 kJ)
Calories from fat 1.44 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.16g 0%
Cholesterol 0.42mg 0%
Sodium 54.25mg 2%
Potassium 1.25mg 0%
Total Carbs 60.05g 20%
Sugars 58.8g 235%
Dietary Fiber 0.05g 0%
Protein 0g 0%
Calcium 3.6mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 254.47 Kcal (1065 kJ)
Calories from fat 1.56 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.17g 0%
Cholesterol 0.46mg 0%
Sodium 58.73mg 2%
Potassium 1.35mg 0%
Total Carbs 65g 20%
Sugars 63.65g 235%
Dietary Fiber 0.05g 0%
Protein 0g 0%
Calcium 3.9mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 4.7
    Points
  • 7
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • cholesterol free

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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