Low sugar Marmalade

[Veebird]

I love low sugar marmalade and get through a pot a week but it is more and more expensive. I used to make the Ma made marmalade from a tin. The oranges are already prepared and you just add sugar. I would like to try making it with less sugar but am not sure whether to add pectin, lemon juice or apple juice and in what quantities. Has anybody tried this or knows the ratio if you reduce the sugar, how much increased pectin would be needed?

[Veebird]

Thanks redhelen, it's an idea but I did want a less sweet jam, more fruity. I think it will be trial and error. I've got some pectin, lemon and apple juice so will try making up my own recipe with half the sugar and see if it sets. Will let you know.

[sunny-dave]

Try adding a couple of finely sliced Ruby Red grapefruit to the mamade & sugar mixture - just use the usual amount of sugar.

You may need to cook for a little longer than the instructions say - keep going until the grapefruit peel is soft.

Sets very well & makes a much less sweet marmalade.

< cheffy dave >

[jomifl]

http://www.bbcgoodfoo...68/lowsugar-marmalade
This one uses half the sugar of the standard recipe, as long as the pectin/acid ratio (from the oranges) is correct then the amount of sugar shouldn't make too much difference. The sugar syrup part of the marmalade just sits in the spaces between the pectin molecular matrix. I find that if the oranges are juiced first and then the juice added after the peel and pith have been boiled and the pith removed, the fresh orangey flavours are preserved better.

[whiskeryron]

I hope you will forgive me Veebird for jumping on to your thread,but when I read about low sugar marmalade it tempted me to tell you about the very nice cake that my daughter bakes. I have recently been diagnosed as being Diabetic & my daughter came up with this recipe for a cake with No fat, No sugar,No egg & No dairy Prod. Ingredients= 1 Cup Orange Juice, 1Cup SR Flour,1Tsp Baking Powder,500Gm Mixed Fruit, 1to2 Tsp Mixed Spice. Method = Soak Fruit in O/J for 36 Hours, Mix in Flour Put Mixture into 800Gm Loaf Tin, Bake in Middle of Oven @ 140C for 1+1/2 to 2 hours ( Cover Top After 1 hour to Prevent burning). Very Tasty.

Ron.

[Veebird]

I have got a tin of Mamade now so will use that and think I've settled on the same sugar to fruit ratio plus apple juice and pectin which is similar to the bbc recipe but they use the fruit sugar which has pectin in it - so thanks for that jomifl. Think it might work. And I do like the idea of adding grapefruit, it sounds tangy and better than lemon - might try that next time, sunny/cheffydave. Today's the day then.

[Veebird]

Thanks, whiskeryron, a cake that's actually healthy and sounds delicious.

[Veebird]

Quite pleased with the marmalade, it has a nice tangy flavour and cost about 75p a jar but it is a bit runny so maybe should have boiled it a bit longer.