Amber jam
Instructions
Choose 1 orange, grapefruit and lemon 1 1 by thin skin without impurities.
Remove skins, cut into thin slices, add 25 cl of cold water and boil for 5 minutes.
Drain the water, add 25 cl acquafresca again and boil for another 5 minutes.
Drain again and repeat the same operation for a third time.
Cut the flesh into small pieces and liberateli from each suit or membrane; Add the drained skins and boiled.
For each cup of this compound (pulp and rinds) add 2 cups water and simmer for about 40 minutes.
Then the whole thing weigh and add equal amounts of sugar and a pinch of salt.
Simmer for about 30 minutes or until it has reached the sticky consistency of jam and the amber color of the caramelized sugar.
Stir occasionally to prevent sticking jam on the bottom.
When cooked allow to cool in the same cooking pot, this will allow the pieces of fruit to be distributed in the fluid.
Pour in jars when warm sterilized and dry.
Let cool completely, then cover with wax paper sprayed di spirito di vino and close.
Ingredients and dosing for 4 persons
- 1 orange
- 1 grapefruit
- 1 thin lemon peel
- Water
- 50 cl of cold water
- 2 cups of water
- Sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- Spirito di vino