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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (156g)

Recipe makes 10 servings

Calories 399
Calories from Fat 0 (0%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 0.1g 0%
Saturated Fat 0.0g 0%
Monounsaturated Fat 0.0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 19mg 0%
Potassium 256mg 7%
Total Carbohydrate 103.3g 34%
Dietary Fiber 0.0g 0%
Sugars 98.3g
Protein 0.3g 0%

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July 2008 #1

Missy Wombat

Pink Grapefruit Marmalade

Recipe #195086 | 3 hours | 1 hour prep | add private note
cooledskin

By: cooledskin
Nov 11, 2006

I'm new to canning, so when I find a recipe that doesn't involve pectin or cheesecloth, I'm happy. This is another Nigella Lawson recipe, only slightly altered by me. I like really bitter and rich marmalade. If you don't, just use 1 kg of white sugar and halve the lemon juice.

SERVES 10 , 1 liter (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    In a large pot, place the two grapefruit in just enough water to make them float freely.
  2. 2
    Bring to a boil, and let boil for two hours (add water from a kettle if too much boils away and the grapefruit touch the bottom).
  3. 3
    Drain the grapefruit and let cool (or else you'll burn your hands!).
  4. 4
    Slice the grapefruit as finely as possible, and chop a bit. This is tedious, but not difficult. It doesn't have to be uniform.
  5. 5
    Chuck the grapefruit, sugars and lemon juice back into the pot, and dissolve the sugars on low heat.
  6. 6
    Bring to a boil and let bubble until you reach the jell point, about 15 minutes, give-or-take.
  7. 7
    If you like a smoother consistency, blitz in a blender for a bit until you like what you see.
  8. 8
    Ladle into clean, sterilized jars and process in a hot water bath for ten minutes.

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From: Chef #809940

On Jun 21, 2009

Oh my goodness, this is delicious. I made it with 'homemade' brown sugar from white sugar and very dark molasses. It is wonderfully bittersweet, and the colour is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

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  • From: Cathleenc

    On Nov 24, 2008

    really delicious! recipe worked perfectly as written, end product does have a nice dark brown-reddish tint to it, just like the picture. Hard to stop eating, so so so yummy. I found it easiest to completely remove the pulp from the boiled, cooled grapefruit halves, squeeze the juice from the pulp, then finely chop the pulp before adding it back to the cooking pot. Removing the pulp allowed me to much more finely slice the cooked/cooled rind.

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  • From: KrabKokonas

    On Jun 17, 2007

    I must start out by saying that this was the easiest marmalade that I have ever made - and probably some of the tastiest! I never realized that it was possible to cut out so much prep time by just boiling the fruit peel and all. I'm definitely going to try this with oranges and lemons next time! Other than tripling the recipe, I followed this exactly and it was almost perfect. A couple comments: I found that 2 hours boiling time was too much for my fruit. Some of them turned into soggy, sodden mush. After an hour, test your grapefruit with a fork. If you can easily pierce the flesh, it's done. I'm wondering how cooledskin got that lovely ruby colour to her jam. I used the brown sugar as directed and it considerably darkened my recipe. Unless there's a secret to this, I suspect that using only white sugar is the way to keep the perfect colour. However, I liked the taste that the brown sugar gave it and so would recommend sacrificing looks for taste! I added some lemon zest for extra zing but other than that, I feel like the sugar content is perfect for a tart marmelade! Thanks for the great recipe!!!

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  • From: MikKnits

    On May 20, 2009

    After trying Elsa's Story Pink Grapefruit Preserves, I was hooked! on grapefruit marmalade and had to make some myself. This recipe looked too good to be true but I figured that I really had nothing to lose but a few grapefruit. I did change things just a little but the results are amazing! I used 3 red grapefruit and cooked the whole fruit in some water in my pressure cooker for 40 minutes. I then removed the fruit to a bowl and they cut easily with a fork and butter knife. I added 6 tbsp of lemon juice and 1 kilo of white sugar. I used my immersion blender to break up the fruit a bit more then boiled for 15 minutes or so. It is a beautiful pink color and is really delicious, more so because I made it myself! Thanks for this recipe! I will be making it again and again!

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