GETTING INTO A BIT OF A JAM; Making marmalade can be a risky business.

From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) | Date: February 22, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: TOM PARKER BOWLES

There's little doubt that the wonderfully bitter Seville orange in season until late February makes a magnificent marmalade. But I'm afraid that my own recent effort at cooking up a few jarfuls produced a less-thanstellar end product.

The recipe in Leith's Techniques Bible ([pounds sterling]35, Bloomsbury) seemed relatively simple. With just a couple of pounds of oranges, three pounds of preserving sugar (this has added pectin to hel...

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