This Pink Grapefruit Marmalade is a taste of delicious sunshine on your toast, biscuits, scones, English muffins... It's also wonderful on ice cream and makes a fantastic glaze for grilled pork, chicken, shrimp or salmon.
Wash the grapefruit thoroughly then dry well. With a citrus zester (see picture above in the post) remove the colored zest (avoiding the white pith) from 5 of the grapefruits and place in a bowl or medium size measuring cup (at least 2 cups).
After the fruit has been removed from each grapefruit half, squeeze the remaining juice into the bowl with the zest and fruit segments. Continue until you have 2 cups of the zest/fruit/juice mixture. If you end up with more than 2 cups, reserve the extra for another use.)
Transfer the fruit mixture to a large pot (6-8 quarts) and add the pectin and butter. Stir to combine then bring the mixture to a full rolling boil (a boil that doesn’t settle down when you stir it.)
Ladle into the prepared jars, filling to within a half-inch of the top. Wipe the rims and thread then screw on the lids tightly.
For the hot water bath method, proceed as directed here.
Ladle into the prepared jars, filling to within a half-inch of the top. Wipe the rims and thread then screw on the lids tightly.
Allow the marmalade to sit for 24 hours at room temperature then refrigerate or freeze.
*** Please note, when I first published this recipe, it said FOUR total cups of zest/fruit/juice. That was an error. It should be, as it reads now, TWO total cups of zest/fruit/juice. So sorry for any confusion that might have caused!
See Café Tips above in the post for more detailed instructions and tips to ensure success.
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This recipe yields 56 ounces of jam. The number of jars will depend on the size of your jars. If you are using 8-ounce jars that would be 7 jars.