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Marmalade not setting

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Asked on 25 Jan 2019 by funkymum

Hi Please can you advise how I can thicken my marmalade as it is not setting. Has now been boiling for 40 minutes. Thank you

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Lindsey, Food Editor replied

Hello,

40 minutes without a setting marmalade isn’t right.

It could be that….

You used too much water or not enough oranges or not enough sugar.

You didn’t extract enough pectin from the muslin bag.

The heat was too low so you didn’t fast boil the marmalade.

Take a look at the cookery school to see if it helps.

Best wishes

Lindsey

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