Just started making marmalade for the first time and like an idiot threw
away all the pips. Is there a way i can make my own pectin?

I have a couple of oranges in stock, if i took the pips out and blended them
or grated them would that increase the amount of pectin or does it only
reside on the surface of the pips?

On Sun, 19 May 2013 10:20:28 +0100, "andy stone"
> wrote:

>Just started making marmalade for the first time and like an idiot threw
>away all the pips. Is there a way i can make my own pectin?
>
>I have a couple of oranges in stock, if i took the pips out and blended them
>or grated them would that increase the amount of pectin or does it only
>reside on the surface of the pips?
>


Are you a plant? If yes, you can make pectin. If no, you cannot.

Pectin is extracted from plants, mostly citrus. The peels have lots
of it. Forget the seeds.

In article >,
says...
>
> On Sun, 19 May 2013 10:20:28 +0100, "andy stone"
> > wrote:
>
> >Just started making marmalade for the first time and like an idiot threw
> >away all the pips. Is there a way i can make my own pectin?

You can buy bottled liquid pectin (sold for making jam with fruits that
contain little of their own).

> >
> >I have a couple of oranges in stock, if i took the pips out and blended them
> >or grated them would that increase the amount of pectin or does it only
> >reside on the surface of the pips?

Table oranges don;t have enough pips . Seville oranges have scores of
them; I collect them from the jucer , tie tham in a square of muslin and
cook the little bundle in withy the peels. At the end, haul out the
bundle, cool a minute squeeze it really hard to extract every drop of
the jellyish pectin. I do it in my fist then scrape the last ooze off
the muslin with a knife.
> >
>
>
> Are you a plant? If yes, you can make pectin. If no, you cannot.
>
> Pectin is extracted from plants, mostly citrus. The peels have lots
> of it. Forget the seeds.

IME the Seville pips are the richest citrus source of pectin .


Janet UK

On Sun, 19 May 2013 13:12:29 +0100, Janet > wrote:



>>
>> Are you a plant? If yes, you can make pectin. If no, you cannot.
>>
>> Pectin is extracted from plants, mostly citrus. The peels have lots
>> of it. Forget the seeds.
>
> IME the Seville pips are the richest citrus source of pectin .
>
>
> Janet UK

Typical levels of pectin in plants are (fresh weight):
apples, 1–1.5%
apricot, 1%
cherries, 0.4%
oranges, 0.5–3.5%
carrots approx. 1.4%
citrus peels, 30%

No mention of the seed, but if it works for you . . .

In article >,
"andy stone" > wrote:

> Just started making marmalade for the first time and like an idiot threw
> away all the pips. Is there a way i can make my own pectin?
>
> I have a couple of oranges in stock, if i took the pips out and blended them
> or grated them would that increase the amount of pectin or does it only
> reside on the surface of the pips?

Do you have any green apples? That is the fruit typically used for
making pectin to add to low-pecting fruits.

Next time, "study* the directions before you begin your project.

http://www.pickyourown.org/makeyourownpectin.htm
--
Barb,
http://www.barbschaller.com, as of April 8, 2013.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> "andy stone" > wrote:
>
>> Just started making marmalade for the first time and like an idiot threw
>> away all the pips. Is there a way i can make my own pectin?
>>
>> I have a couple of oranges in stock, if i took the pips out and blended them
>> or grated them would that increase the amount of pectin or does it only
>> reside on the surface of the pips?
>
> Do you have any green apples? That is the fruit typically used for
> making pectin to add to low-pecting fruits.
>
> Next time, "study* the directions before you begin your project.
>
> http://www.pickyourown.org/makeyourownpectin.htm


The pips don't add THAT much pectin. You can probably leave them out;
decrease the water just a little if you're worried.

Lemons also have a ridiculous amount of pectin.

Bob

On Mon, 20 May 2013 15:36:34 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> "andy stone" > wrote:
>
>> Just started making marmalade for the first time and like an idiot threw
>> away all the pips. Is there a way i can make my own pectin?
>>
>> I have a couple of oranges in stock, if i took the pips out and blended them
>> or grated them would that increase the amount of pectin or does it only
>> reside on the surface of the pips?
>
>Do you have any green apples? That is the fruit typically used for
>making pectin to add to low-pecting fruits.
>
>Next time, "study* the directions before you begin your project.
>
>http://www.pickyourown.org/makeyourownpectin.htm

If you have chia seeds, they act as pectin also.

koko
--
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