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Servings: 1 jar
Cost per portion 44p
Calories: 471.44kcal
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Ingredients
- 4 orange carcasses (after making all your carrot cakes), pulverised or chopped into little pieces
- 2 oranges washed and very thinly sliced
- 90 g sugar
- 500 ml water
Instructions
- Boil all of the above in a pan for approx 25 mins until all the fruit and skin is very mushy.
- Pulverise in a food processor (ideally) or with a stick blender. Decant into sterilized jars. You can leave some whole bits in for texture if you like. Makes approximately 2 and a quarter lb of spread.
- Spread a dessertspoon onto warm toast for a hungry moment…
- Make this once in the month, portion size 20g per person per meal.
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Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
marmalade
Amount per Serving
Calories
471.44
% Daily Value*
Fat
0.31
g
0
%
Saturated Fat
0.04
g
0
%
Sodium
25.9
mg
1
%
Potassium
474.22
mg
14
%
Carbohydrates
120.77
g
40
%
Fiber
6.29
g
26
%
Sugar
114.32
g
127
%
Protein
2.46
g
5
%
Vitamin A
589.5
IU
12
%
Vitamin C
139.38
mg
169
%
Calcium
119.8
mg
12
%
Iron
0.26
mg
1
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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