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Whenever blood orange is in season, I felt the need to make the blood orange/cumquat/leek fish that we love so much. However, the thing with cumquat is... you must buy a container of it when you only need 4. There are people whom will insist on HOW sweet & great cumquats are, but I just simply hate them. I blame it on my mother, I was forever scarred from my childhood memories of being forced to eat it every Chinese New Year! After 4 days on the counter, I decided to make marmalade. It's a very simple formula where you can easily substitute the cumquat with orange or even blood orange (great color for marmalade).
In this recipe, it's 1:1:1 ration with fruit, sugar, and water by WEIGHT. Yes, by weight! I know it's a hassle to break out your scale even if you do have one, but trust me.. you don't want to wing it as you go with jam/jelly/marmalade! Since we are keeping the rind (contains pectin), I would recommend organic fruits if you can find them, so you don't have to worry about funky chemicals.
Cumquat Marmalade
100 g Cumquat
100 g Sugar
100 g Water
- Wash & thinly slice the cumquat. Pick out seeds
- Place cumquat, sugar, and water into a pot. Bring to a boil, stir constantly so it doesn't burn
- Turn the heat down so it is just simmering for another 1/2 hour or so, until the rind is soft and the liquid is thin.
- To check for "gel-ness" by place a small drop on a plate & place in the fridge for a couple minutes. If the marmalade is ready, it will "gel" like soft jam.
- Can & lid. Let cool on the counter top then store in the freezer up to 12 months!
