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Wednesday 17 February 2016

Weird marmalade

 In a combination of pursuing my New Year resolutions and avoiding a horrible mess in the fridge, I decided in was time to make marmalade. I've been using bits of this huge home-grown pumpkin in various chillis, soups and goulashes, but not really using it up quickly enough and it's starting to show signs of rotting.






I don't have a very precise recipe for this marmalade. The original recipe came, I think, from Farmhouse Fare, a compilation of recipes sent in to Farmers Weekly but I've altered it here and there, and I just rather throw in what I've got available.








This time I've used 3lb pumpkin, several frozen lemon husks and a lime previously 'juiced' for mojitos.


So, five jars of marmalade, and I still have at least 2lbs of pumpkin left!