PRICKLY PEAR MARMALADE

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You can thank The Complete Ball Book of Home Preserving for this recipe. You will need 9 to 10 medium prickly pears for this recipe.

Provided by Diana Adcock

Categories     Fruit

Time 50m

Yield 7 8-oz jars

Number Of Ingredients 5

3 cups oranges, chopped and seeded
1 cup lemon, thinly sliced and seeded
4 cups water
4 cups prickly pears, chopped and seeded
6 cups sugar

Steps:

  • Do NOT peel your oranges or lemons. (small chop on oranges).
  • Do wash them well to remove any wax and pesticides.
  • In a large stainless steel saucepan combine the oranges, lemons and water.
  • Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium high and gently boil for 5 minutes.
  • Remove from heat, cover and place in a cool spot for 12 to 18 hours.
  • When ready prepare canner, jars and lids.
  • Bring orange mixture to a boil over medium heat.
  • Boil, stirring frequently until peel is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Stir in prickly pears, return to a gentle boil.
  • Maintaining boil gradually stir in the sugar.
  • Boil hard, stirring often until mixture reaches gel stage, around 30 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and test gel.
  • If gel stage has been reached skim off foam and ladle into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space.
  • Remove air bubbles, wipe rim, center lid and screw band down to fingertip tight.
  • Place in canner-repeat with remaining jars.
  • Process in a boiling water bath canner for 15 minutes.
  • Turn off heat, remove canner lid and let jars stand in canner an additional 5 minutes.
  • Remove jars, cool and store.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 699.7, Fat 0.1, Sodium 2.7, Carbohydrate 180.5, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 178.5, Protein 0.7

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