Seville Oranges - Making Marmalade

Filed in archive Ingredient Spotlight on February 24, 2008

A Saturday outing to la Fête de la Bigarade in la Caunette, a small village just up the road from our small village, yielded several kilos of bitter, Seville oranges, also called bigarades.

How could I resist buying a bag of these fragrant, plump and juicy beauties?




I couldn't!
So, now what to do with them?

The obvious answer seems to be marmalade. The thought of opening my fridge to find a vibrant orange pot of tart, chunky marmalade certainly is tempting...




Here are some of the recipes I'm considering:

David Lebovitz in Paris shares the his Seville Orange Marmalade recipe as well as the story of the first account of this bitter orange being made into jam.
Delia Smith's site offers a recipe for an enticing Dark, Chunky Marmalade.
Amy of Cooking With Amy shares her mom's recipe for Bitter Orange Marmalade.