Can Jam 2010 - January - Citrus

I was so excited when I learned about Can Jam.  I signed up right away and then waited patiently for our first ingredient.  I signed up because making food in jars is the most relaxing thing I do and the thought of doing it all year makes me happy.

January is for Citrus.  What?  Citrus?  Ugh!  When I think of jars and citrus I think marmalade.  Well, I don’t like marmalade.  There must be other things to do with citrus?  This is where I combined my love of canning with my love of research, added some creativity and got Double Spiced Citrus Sauce with Blood Oranges.

 

It is beautiful, yes?  I took the basic Spiced Citrus Sauce recipe from Ball’s Complete Book of Home Preserving and made it my own.  The main citrus is mandarin tangerines.  No citrus is local for me, ever, but it was easy enough to grab a 5 pound box of organic mandarins from PCC.  The tangerines I peeled and left in their sections.  The blood oranges I also peeled, but cut them from their little jackets.  This resulted in a bright orange sauce studded with jewels of blood orange.  I am planning to serve it with a simple pound cake.  A little ray of sunshine during a month of gray skies and rain.

Comments

[Emma]

Damn that looks good. I was too late to sign up for Can Jam so I will live vicariously through you this year.

[kate]

Very nice! Bush Boy and I opened our last jar of canned peaches the other day. It really is an amazing little ray of sunshine....

[melissa]

That looks goooorgeous. I would be tempted to serve that with...a bowl and a spoon.

Hoping to get my marmalade done tonight. YUM.

[Libby]

I love how the blood orange pieces distributed in your jars like that. Looks beautiful (and tasty, too!).

[Catalina]

Mmmmmm yummy! They DO look like little jewels! Sooooo pretty! And I bet it taste amazing too

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