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Orange Marmalade

Orange marmalade made from sliced oranges, sugar, water, and lemon juice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Chicago. Bethany union church. Woman's society. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Orange and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Orange Marmalade

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Slice twelve oranges thin.

  2. Add three-fourths quart of water to each pound of sliced oranges.

  3. Let stand overnight.

Cook

  1. Boil for forty-five minutes.

  2. Weigh the mixture.

  3. While boiling, add one and one-half pounds of granulated sugar.

  4. Boil until thickened.

  5. Just before removing from heat, add juice of four lemons.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

123Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
31 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Chicago. Bethany union church. Woman's society. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Sugar + lemontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together53,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Orange + sugartop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Sugar and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Oranges
Provide the bitter peel and pectin that give marmalade its body and characteristic flavour.
Granulated sugar
Sweetens the marmalade and, when boiled, helps it thicken and set.
Lemons
Add acidity and extra pectin, brightening the flavour and supporting setting.

The step that matters

Boil until thickened. Sugar and fruit pectin set only at a sufficiently high concentration, so the mixture must be boiled long enough to thicken. Stopping too early leaves a runny marmalade, while overcooking can make it stiff.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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