Kumquat Marmalade is a quick recipe made up of marmalade using kumquats. Kumquat Marmalade is a tasty and simple to make. Kumquat Marmalade is bit tangy in taste with a bright color, to make this delicious tangy Kumquat marmalade preserve with tart kumquat fruits. I didn’t even know what a kumquat was until I moved here in the USA and I discovered them in one of the local farmers market. Now I love using them for marmalade.
Kumquats are like tiny oranges from citrus family, but Kumquats aren’t like other citrus fruit. Instead of having a tart rind and a sweet interior, they keep their sugar in the skin and have their pucker on the inside, not great for eating, kumquats have a wonderful flavor somewhere between an orange and a mandarin. Because you’re meant to eat the skin, kumquats have been bred to be less bitter with tender flavorful skin. This makes them perfect for making marmalade. The best part about this recipe is that you don’t need to add pectin. That’s because citrus peels contain as much as 30% naturally occurring pectin. Use on toast, with cheese and yogurt, or just serve with sliced sourdough bread or spread on crackers and enjoy.
Ingredients:
• 2 Cups Kumquats
• 1 Lemon Juice
• 1½ Cup Sugar
• 1 Cup Water
• 1 Cinnamon Stick
Method:
For Batter
1. Wash and halve the kumquats and remove the seeds from the fruit, then chop it finely.
2. Place the chopped kumquats, sugar, and cinnamon stick in ceramic mixing bowl, mix it, cover it and keep aside for 2-3hrs.
3. Take a sauce pan add kumquats sugar mixture into, then add water and bring to a boil over high heat.
4. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the liquid has reduced and thickened, it will thicken more as it cools.
5. Remove the cinnamon stick, then place in an airtight container and store in a refrigerator. Use within two weeks.
Tips:
• You can add more sugar if you like sweetest taste.
• If you like spiced taste then you can add other spices like cardamom, star anise, clove etc….
- 2 Cups Kumquats
- 1 Lemon Juice
- 1 ½ Cup Sugar
- 1 Cup Water
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
- Wash and halve the kumquats and remove the seeds from the fruit, then chop it finely.
- Place the chopped kumquats, sugar, and cinnamon stick in ceramic mixing bowl, mix it, cover it and keep aside for 2-3hrs.
- Take a sauce pan add kumquats sugar mixture into, then add water and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the liquid has reduced and thickened, it will thicken more as it cools.
- Remove the cinnamon stick, then place in an airtight container and store in a refrigerator. Use within two weeks.
• If you like spiced taste then you can add other spices like cardamom, star anise, clove etc….
