winter sunshine

You may remember back to my rhapsodizing about making candied fruit peel this winter. Well, the smell of all that citrus and the resulting peels that were bright as stained glass inspired me to circle back and try bona fide marmalade. I used a recipe from this book, which I cannot say enough wonderful things about. Its straight talk and gorgeous photos and preserving wisdom totally and utterly demystify the process. And, whoa! I just this second found out this very book will be published in the US this summer. Giddyup!

One of the great things about traditional marmalade recipes is that you cut all the peel and pulp and let the whole shebang soak for 24 hours. So you can chip away at the process and steal a little bit of a sunny morning to do some prep work, then skip off to work knowing you have a pot of winter sunshine in the works.