Peach Marmalade
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- peaches
- 1 pound dry light coloured brown sugar
Instructions
- Select the ripest, softest peaches you can find—yellow varieties will produce the prettiest marmalade. Pare them and remove the stones. Place the peaches in a pan with the sugar, using one pound of sugar for every two pounds of peaches.
- Once the peaches become juicy, no additional water is needed. Using a silver or wooden spoon, chop the peaches and sugar together. Continue chopping and let the mixture boil gently, stirring regularly, until it reaches a transparent pulp consistency. When cold, it will set into a jelly.
- This marmalade may be used to make delicious puffs.