Carrot Marmalade

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lemon
• 1 seville oranges
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups grated carrots
• 2 1/2 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 wash the lemon and orange and shred them finely.
• 2 keep all the seeds from both, and put them in a clean new tea ball, or sew them into a scrap of cheesecloth.
• 3 put the canning jars in a large kettle with enough water to come to an inch above the rims.
• 4 turn the heat on just after you add the sugar and carrots to the marmalade- jars must be boiled 10 minutes to be sterilized.
• 5 put the lemon and orange shreds and juice in a large, broad pot with the water and the seeds, and boil for ten minutes.
• 6 wash, peel and grate the carrots.
• 7 add the carrots and sugar to the peels.
• 8 continue boiling until the marmalade is thick and forms a sheet when poured from the spoon, about 30 minutes longer.
• 9 fish out the seeds, draining them well.
• 10 seal the marmalade in sterilized jars and process in boiling water for 5 minutes.