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Mags22 | 13:49 Tue 22nd Jan 2013 | Food & Drink
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Help! just made a batch of MaMade marmalade, been making it for years, but todays seems reluctant to set - so re-boiled it for another 5-10 mins. Any ideas on thickening it up? Cornflour worked for lemon curd but don't know if it will for marmalade. Thanks in advance for any ideas
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When I made some plum jam it was a bit reluctant to set so I chucked the juice of half a lemon in. Apparently that adds a bit of pectin.
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Thanks 237SJ, will try that and let you know if it works
When I did it, it was when I re-boiled it. I`m not sure if it would work cold. There are a few references to it on the internet though.
Don't use cornflour. Reboil it with more sugar. Use 30 percent sugar over and above what you have already used. lemon juice may also help.
I have a friend who includes an orange Jelly ( melted in the reboil of the mixture ) but I fear this might mean the result will not keep as long as the normal preserve.
setting of marmalade and jam requires that the proportions of fruit acids and pectin are approximately correct. Adding lemon juice may correct the proportions if there is a lack of acid but as there is almost no pectin in it it will not correct a lack of pectin. Just buy some pectin and add it to the boiling marmalade. At the same time buy a jam thermometer so that you know when it has the potential to set.
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Thanks to all who helped - tried lemon juice but that didn't help, so stirred more sugar in and reboiled and its turned out fine - thanks so much
lemon juice, pectin, or as a last resort, jelly cubes
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Thanks to all who helped - tried lemon juice but that didn't help, so stirred more sugar in and reboiled and its turned out fine - thanks so much
This was your answer in January :-)

Thanks to all who helped - tried lemon juice but that didn't help, so stirred more sugar in and reboiled and its turned out fine - thanks so

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