{"id":52562,"date":"2019-02-15T12:03:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T16:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.freshdirect.com\/?p=52562"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:51:14","slug":"marys-miracle-marmalade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/marys-miracle-marmalade\/","title":{"rendered":"Savoring the Season: Citrus Marmalade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the best ways to extend the season for your favorite fruits \u2013 especially citrus \u2013 is to make them into marmalade! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.freshdirect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design31.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design31.png 800w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design31-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design31-260x260.png 260w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design31-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design31-75x75.png 75w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>While many specialty and heirloom fruit varieties are only available for a few weeks, a good preserve will keep for up to a year. Produce Merchant and seasonal fruit enthusiast Mary shares her tried and true marmalade recipe below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What You&#8217;ll Need<\/strong><br>5 lbs of just ripe citrus<br>6 cups water<br>1\/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice<br>2 tbsp butter<br>1 packet of pectin, as needed<br>Honey or sugar, to taste<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What To Do<\/strong><br>Wash the citrus and gently peel. Slice the peels into small (1 inch) strips and boil in 4 cups of water for 10 minutes. Drain and add 2 cups of cool water.<br><br>Puree the citrus flesh and lemon juice together, and add to the peels. Bring to a full boil and add the butter.<br><br>Reduce to a simmer and continue mixing, slowly adding pectin. Mixture should begin to thicken over the next 10-20 minutes. Add sugar or honey, if desired.<br><br>The marmalade should reach 220 degrees and a sturdy thickness. While hot, ladle into sterilized jars. This marmalade will keep in the fridge for at least 2 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.freshdirect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design32.png 800w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design32-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design32-260x260.png 260w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design32-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design32-75x75.png 75w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Learn more about Produce Merchant Mary and our other food loving experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/browse.jsp?id=about_freshdirect_food_experts\">here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best ways to extend the season for your favorite fruits \u2013 especially citrus \u2013 is to make them into marmalade!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69275,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3052,2732],"tags":[291,3145],"class_list":["post-52562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meet-the-freshdirect-team","category-recipes","tag-citrus","tag-marmalade"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52562"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52591,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52562\/revisions\/52591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}