Too Much Marmalade

17 years ago

I have six jars of calamondin marmalade left after putting a jar in everybody's gift box. And my cals are starting to ripen, so there will be more in February!

DH doesn't really care for it, and I can't eat that much. What else can I do with it?

Problem is DH doesn't like sticky, fruity glazes on meat or cake or nuts (except for peanuts and cashews) or pie...every once in a while, he'll eat a quick bread like zucchini bread.

Any ideas on what to do with my surplus orange marmalade? Or fifteen pounds of ripening calamondins instead of making marmalade?

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mustangs81
17 years ago
I can give you my mailing address!! LOL
pat_t
17 years ago
Me too!
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17 years ago
Too funny...sending NJ-grown orange marmalade to Florida. Kind of like selling coal to Newcastle LOL!
ruthanna_gw
17 years ago
I have never made it but my cousin makes a wonderful orange marmalade cake from the recipe in the link below. It has orange marmalade on the top and between the layers but the sides have a whipped cream frosting that covers up any stickiness.

Here's a quick bread recipe using orange marmalade:

ORANGE MARMALADE BREAD

3 cups flour
1 Tbs. baking powder*
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup coarsely broken walnuts
1 Tbs. grated orange rind
1 cup orange marmalade
2 eggs
1 cup orange juice or milk
2 Tbs. melted butter

* - Note: seems like a lot of baking powder. Not sure of the age of this recipe but it was cut from a newspaper and a grocery ad on the back has Green Giant peas for 12 cents a can so it may be from an era when baking powder was not as strong. IÂd probably try it with 1 1/2 tsp.

Sift flour, baking powder, salt and sugar into a large bowl. Add walnuts and orange rind and stir to coat evenly. In a separate bowl, beat remaining ingredients until well blended. Add to dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly moistened.

Bake in a well-greased 9X5X3 inch loaf pan in a preheated 350 degree oven for one hour or until cake tests done. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes before removing from pan. Cool thoroughly before cutting in store in refrigerator. Serve in thin slices with cream cheese whipped with additional marmalade.

Here is a link that might be useful: Orange marmalade cake
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17 years ago
I love marmalade as a key ingredient in barbecue sauces, especially for pork and seafood.

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wizardnm
17 years ago
I'll also be happy to send you my address... makes more sense to sent to someone stuck up in Northern Michigan....

The already posted ideas all work for me! I also use marmalade to make a sweet and sour dipping sauce for egg rolls and it works well in many different baked goods.

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pat_t
17 years ago
This is quick, easy, and good. (And I'd still like to have some sent to me!)

BBQ KIELBASA BITES

1 ring Kielbasa, cut into 1/2-inch slices
1/3 cup ketchup
1/3 cup Dijon mustard
1/3 cup orange marmalade

Combine sauce ingredients & pour over cut slices of meat in casserole dish. Bake at 350Â° F. for 20 minutes.
colleenoz
17 years ago
If you're making bread and butter pudding, spread marmalade on the buttered bread for a special lift to the pudding :-)
rachelellen
17 years ago
Marmalade makes a very good sweetener for a vinaigrette. Just make a basic vinaigrette, and add marmalade to taste, mixing it in a mini food processor or blender (so you don't have chunks of peels). I like to make a Meyer Lemon vinaigrette using my Meyer Lemon Marmalade, oil and rice vinegar and I add a bit of sliced green serrano pepper to heat it up. It's wonderful on luncheon salads with chicken, or as a dressing on a seafood, avocado, & grapefruit salad.

If you thin it a little with some brandy, it's very tasty warm over ice cream.
wanda662
17 years ago
If you want to give it away, take it to your local fire station for a thank you gift for Christmas! I'm sure they would be thrilled to receive a home made gift!

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