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Fruity, aromatic citrus fruits, spicy, fragrant cinnamon and crunchy walnuts are combined in this mandarin marmalade. It tastes like Christmas, has a surprise effect and is ideal as a gift. You can find a detailed mandarin jam recipe with the exact quantities and step-by-step instructions below.
This is what Christmas tastes like
This mandarin jam tastes just like Christmas. The irresistible aroma and fruity, wintery taste of the fruit will put you in a good mood.
Cinnamon makes the mandarin marmalade even more aromatic and Christmassy and gives it a sweet, spicy note, just like the quince and apple jam.
Walnuts perfectly complement the combination of fruit and cinnamon, just like in the apple caramel dessert cups. They provide a crunchy surprise in the fine jam.
Mandarin jam with preserving sugar
If you want to make the mandarin jam in the classic way with preserving sugar, you can still use my recipe. In this case, simply replace the regular sugar with apple pectin together with the same amount of preserving sugar 3:1, just like in the raspberry jam recipe and apricot jam recipe. So for 1.5 kg of peeled mandarins, you need 500 g preserving sugar 3:1.
Modify the recipe
You can modify this mandarin jam recipe to suit your taste, similar to my edible cookie dough recipe.
If you want a nut free fruity spread, leave out the walnuts. Mandarin marmalade is particularly popular with walnuts in Armenia. By the way, have you tried the Armenian cake “Ptichka”?
Instead of 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder, you can use two cinnamon sticks. However, remove them before preserving the jam in jars.
You can also leave out the cinnamon. Experiment with other spices of your choice instead. For example, refine the mandarin jam with ground vanilla bean.
Mandarin jam with peel
I have also tried this mandarin jam recipe with unpeeled fruit. Then it tastes even fruitier – like fresh mandarins. However, the mandarin marmalade with peel has a bitter note, which is not to everyone’s taste.
If you still want to make the jam with unpeeled citrus fruit, use organic mandarins. Cut them into large pieces together with the peel and remove the seeds. Then puree the mandarin pieces together with lemon juice.
As the peel contains a lot of pectin, you don’t need any additional gelling agent for the mandarin jam with peel. The filling for the orange roll cookies is similar. So leave the apple pectin out of the mandarin marmalade recipe and just use sugar.
The rest of the procedure is as described below. You could possibly use a little more sugar to cover up the bitter taste a little.
Ideal Christmas gift from the kitchen
If you are still looking for a Christmas gift idea, you may have found it with this recipe. The homemade mandarin jam with cinnamon and walnuts is ideal as a gift, just like the Pokrovsky pryanik and the Bird’s milk sweets. They will make your loved ones a sweet treat for Christmas.
This mandarin marmalade is
- fruity,
- spicy sweet,
- incredibly delicious,
- very aromatic,
- Christmassy,
- vegan,
- with crunchy walnuts,
- with cinnamon,
- with three times as much citrus fruit as sugar,
- with pectin and normal sugar – or with preserving sugar 3:1,
- quick and easy to make,
- ideal on bread for breakfast or as a fruity sauce,
- perfect as a Christmas present.
Easy mandarin jam recipe with cinnamon and walnuts
The mandarin jam recipe that you can find here at the end of the post in the recipe box is very quick and easy. I have refined the sweet spread with cinnamon and walnuts. However, you can also omit these two ingredients.
Step 1:
First, peel mandarins and weigh them. Finely puree the mandarin segments with lemon juice and place in a saucepan.
Step 2:
Mix sugar with apple pectin and add it to the mandarins. Cook the mixture for about 3 minutes while stirring, then add cinnamon and chopped walnuts and cook the jam for a further 2 minutes.
Step 3:
Pour the hot mandarin marmalade into sterilized preserving jars and leave to cool.
How to make mandarin jam: tips and tricks
- You can replace apple pectin and sugar together in the recipe with the same amount, i.e. 500 g, of preserving sugar 3:1.
- You can leave out the cinnamon and walnuts depending on your taste.
- You can use vanilla or other spices to add flavor.
- Store the mandarin jam in sealed jars in a cool, dark place. Once opened, you should store the jam jar in the fridge.
Did you make the mandarin jam using this recipe? I look forward to seeing your results, your star rating and your comments below on how it turned out and how it tasted.
Try these jam recipes too:
- Sour cherry jam recipe: with 3 ingredients
- Quince jam recipe – the best
- Pear jam – recipe without pectin
Mandarin jam with cinnamon and walnut
Equipment
- sterilized preserving jars
Ingredients
- 1.5 kg peeled mandarins (approx. 2 kg mandarins with peel)
- 470 g sugar
- 30 g apple pectin
- 100 g walnut kernels
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- juice of 1 lemon freshly squeezed
Instructions
- Coarsely chop walnut kernels.
- Peel mandarins, remove the seeds, if present, and weigh 1.5 kg of peeled mandarins.
- Divide the mandarins into individual wedges and put them in a blender.
- Pour freshly squeezed lemon juice into the blender with the mandarins and puree until smooth.
- Put the mandarin mixture in a saucepan.
- Mix sugar with apple pectin, add it to the mandarin mixture and stir.
- Bring the mandarin mixture to a boil while stirring and cook for approx. 3 minutes while stirring.
- Add cinnamon and the chopped walnuts to the mandarin jam and cook for a further 2 minutes while stirring.
- Immediately pour the hot mandarin jam into sterilized preserving jars up to the rim, seal the jars, place them on the lids for approx. 15 minutes, then turn them over and leave them to cool.
Notes
- You can replace apple pectin and sugar together with the same amount, i.e. 500 g, of preserving sugar 3:1.
- You can leave out the cinnamon and walnuts depending on your taste.
- You can use vanilla or other spices to add flavor.
- Take note of the detailed tips and tricks for making your own mandarin jam at the top of the article.
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