Recipe and source notes

Citrus Tomato Marmalade

9 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 3 qts. peeled and sliced tomatoes (20 med. tomatoes)
  • 6 cups sugar (5 ½ c. granulated and ½ c. brown)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 oranges
  • 2 lemons
  • 2 cups water (to boil lemon and orange rind)
  • 4 sticks cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons whole cloves

Make it step by step

  1. Mix tomatoes, sugar, and salt in a large kettle and set aside. Peel oranges and lemons, slicing the peel very thin. Boil the peel in water for 5 minutes and drain. Add peel to tomatoes. Slice the orange and lemon pulp, remove the seeds, and add to tomatoes. Tie cinnamon and cloves in cheese cloth to make a spice bag, and add to tomatoes. Heat tomato mix to a boil. Cook rapidly, stirring almost constantly, until thickened (45 minutes or longer).
  2. Remove the spice bag and discard. Pour the marmalade into hot sterile jars and seal. Store in a cool, dry, dark place.

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Recipe source

Adapted from Foodista by Leah Rodrigues, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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