Those monitoring their sugar intake can make this low-sugar marmalade at home using pectin and minimal sugar. Marmalade's history as a gift to England's aristocracy dates back centuries. Here's your "royal" recipe featuring marmalade oranges, striking a perfect balance of sweetness and zestiness. Pectin ensures a delightful consistency with less sugar, offering a healthier alternative. Embrace the tradition while enjoying the citrusy aroma and relish this timeless delight on toast, or pastries, or share it as a thoughtful gift. Create history in your kitchen with this easy, rewarding, and delicious diabetic-designed recipe!
Those monitoring their sugar intake can make this low-sugar marmalade at home using pectin and minimal sugar. Marmalade's history as a gift to England's aristocracy dates back centuries. Here's your "royal" recipe featuring marmalade oranges, striking a perfect balance of sweetness and zestiness.Pectin ensures a delightful consistency with less sugar, offering a healthier alternative. Embrace the tradition while enjoying the citrusy aroma and relish this timeless delight on toast, or pastries, or share it as a thoughtful gift. Create history in your kitchen with this easy, rewarding, and delicious diabetic-designed recipe!
STEP 1: With a vegetable peeler, remove peel from orange. Combine orange peel and water in saucepan, bring to a boil, and boil for 3 minutes.
STEP 2: Cut off the membrane from the fruit. Place fruit, orange water (with peel), and pectin in a blender or food processor. Work until completely blended.
STEP 3: Pour into saucepan, bring to a boil, and boil for 1 minute. Allow to cool slightly.
STEP 4: Stir in sugar replacement. Pour into serving dish or jelly jar. Then chill.
Recipe Note
Marmalade, a delightful preserve made from citrus fruits, has a rich history dating back centuries. Its origins can be traced to ancient civilizations, where the process of preserving fruits in honey or sugar was practiced. However, it was during the 16th century in Portugal that the modern version of marmalade as we know it today emerged. Portuguese traders discovered a similar fruit preserve in the Mediterranean and brought the Seville oranges from Spain to Portugal. The name "marmalade" likely stems from the Portuguese term "marmelada," which referred to quince paste. Over time, the recipe evolved and spread across Europe, becoming especially popular in Britain. The famous Dundee marmalade, made from bitter Seville oranges, was first commercialized in Scotland in the 19th century, solidifying marmalade's place as a beloved breakfast spread worldwide.