1990s Recipes + Menus

Meyer Lemon Marmalade

Makes6 (1/2-pint) jars
  • Active Time:1 1/4 hr
  • Start to Finish:25 1/4 hr
December 1999
  • 6 Meyer lemons (1 1/2 lb)
  • 4 cups water
  • 4 cups sugar
  • Special equipment:

    Cheesecloth, Kitchen string, 6 (1/2-pint) Mason-type jars, sterilized
  • Halve lemons crosswise and remove seeds. Tie seeds in a cheesecloth bag. Quarter each lemon half and thinly slice. Combine with bag of seeds and water in a 5-quart nonreactive heavy pot and let mixture stand, covered, at room temperature 24 hours.
  • Bring lemon mixture to a boil over moderate heat. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until reduced to 4 cups, about 45 minutes. Stir in sugar and boil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally and skimming off any foam, until a teaspoon of mixture dropped on a cold plate gels, about 15 minutes.
  • Ladle hot marmalade into jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of top. Wipe rims with dampened cloth and seal jars with lids.
  • Put jars in a water-bath canner or on a rack set in a deep pot. Add enough hot water to cover jars by 1 inch and bring to a boil. Boil jars, covered, 5 minutes and transfer with tongs to a rack. Cool jars completely.
Cook's Note:
  • Marmalade keeps, stored in a cool, dark place, up to 1 year.

To Sterilize Jars for Preserving
  • Wash jars in hot suds and rinse in hot water. Put jars in a water-bath canner or on a rack set in a deep pot and cover with water. Bring water to a boil and boil jars, covered, 15 minutes from time steam emerges from pot. Turn off heat and add lids. Let jars and lids stand in hot water 10 minutes.
  • Lift 1 jar from hot water with tongs and fill without drying. Lift both sections of 1 lid from hot water and screw on jar without drying. Repeat procedure for remaining jars and lids.
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