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Prickly Pear Marm

A home-style Prickly Pear Marm made with Orange Juice, Lemon Juice, and Sugar. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

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Ingredients

• 1/2 cup
• 1 tbsp
• 1 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Remove peel from orange, reserve pulp and cut peel into thin strips.

2. 2

   Cover peel with water, bring to a boil and simmer 5 minutes.

3. 3

   Drain, cover with fresh water, and again simmer for 5 minutes.

4. 4

   Drain a second time.

5. 5

   Add 1/2 cup fresh water, simmer for 5 minutes, do not drain.

6. 6

   Remove seeds and heavy membranes from orange pulp, and dice.

7. 7

   Prepare prickly pears by peeling and sieing to remove seeds. (You can eat the seeds of the fresh fruit, but they are rendered hard and disagreeable by cooking.)

8. 8

   Add diced orange pulp, 2 cups of the prickly pear pulp, orange juice, lemon juice and sugar to the orange peel.

9. 9

   Boil until it thickens and the jellying point is reached, about 30 minutes.

10. 10

    Ladle into hot, sterilised jars. Seal.