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🍽️ Fresh Orange Jam

2348 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Wash the oranges under hot water and dry them thoroughly.
  2. 2. Peel the oranges using a sharp knife or a vegetable peeler.
  3. 3. Cut the orange peel into very fine strips.
  4. 4. Cut the oranges in half across the middle.
  5. 5. Squeeze the juice from the orange halves using a cloth.
  6. 6. Catch the juice directly in a pot.
  7. 7. Tie the squeezed orange pulp into a cloth or a linen bag.
  8. 8. Hang the bag with the juice into the pot.
  9. 9. Secure the ends of the string to the pot handle.
  10. 10. Pour 1 liter of water into the pot.
  11. 11. Add the fine peel strips to the pot.
  12. 12. Bring the contents of the pot to a boil.
  13. 13. Stir occasionally while boiling.
  14. 14. Turn off the heat.
  15. 15. Remove the cloth with the peel remnants from the pot.
  16. 16. Let the peel remnants cool down.
  17. 17. Pour the juice into a measuring cup.
  18. 18. Determine the required amount of sugar.
  19. 19. Weigh approximately 225 g of sugar per 250 ml of juice.
  20. 20. Sprinkle the sugar into the pot.
  21. 21. Return the orange mixture with the peel strips to the pot.
  22. 22. Squeeze the bag with the peel remnants thoroughly.
  23. 23. Scrape the bag clean with a spoon.
  24. 24. Simmer the jam for 10 to 20 minutes.
  25. 25. Stir occasionally.
  26. 26. Skim off the foam if necessary.
  27. 27. Perform a setting test after about 10 minutes.
  28. 28. Drop 1 teaspoon of the hot liquid onto a small cold plate.
  29. 29. Check if the liquid sets.
  30. 30. Continue simmering if it is still too liquid.
  31. 31. Turn off the heat if the jam is set.
  32. 32. Fill the jam into jars that have been rinsed with hot water or boiled.
  33. 33. Seal the jars immediately.
  34. 34. Turn the jars occasionally while they cool down.
  35. 35. Distribute the peel pieces evenly in the jam.

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