I made 3 jars of grapefruit and lemon marmalade this morning. This is a waste-nothing preserve as it is made from waste. David has a grapefruit most mornings and the skins go into a bag in the freezer. Once there are enough, they are boiled up, along with old lemons that are passed their best. The liquid is then strained and boiled up (with added grated zest), sugar is then added (1kg for each litre of liquid) and then left on a rolling boil until the setting point is reached.
In past generations, the boiled up peel would have been fed to pigs but it is illegal to feed kitchen waste to livestock. It goes into the compost bin instead.
No comments:
Post a Comment