Name: Super Easy Ginger Kumquat Microwave Marmalade
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: A bunch of kumquats, seeds and pith removed (if necessary) + 1 peeled orange ~ pureed in a food processor ~ About 2 3/4 cups total fruit, after pureeing; 2 3/4 cups sugar; 2 3/4 teaspoons freshly grated ginger; 2 3/4 teaspoons vanilla extract (optional)

Ingredients

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A bunch of kumquats, seeds and pith removed (if necessary) + 1 peeled orange ~ pureed in a food processor ~ About 2 3/4 cups total fruit, after pureeing
2 3/4 cups sugar
2 3/4 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
2 3/4 teaspoons vanilla extract (optional)

Instructions

Chop the kumquats roughly and remove any seeds or pithy white parts in the middle. Peel an orange and chop it into small chunks. Put all of this into a food processor or handi chopper and puree until smooth. I ended up with 2 3/4 cups of fruit puree.
Put the fruit puree in a microwave safe bowl and stir in the sugar and the ginger.
Microwave on high for 15 minutes, stopping to stir twice. Stir in the vanilla extract.
The marmalade might be a little thin at this point, but it will thicken as it cools.
You can do the whole sterilized jar thing if you like, but I just poured it into a couple jars after it cooled and put it in the fridge. I’ve found that jam usually keeps for at least a month in the fridge and I’ve no doubt I’ll find some good uses for it before that.

Notes

You can adjust the amounts to fit the amount of fruit you have … just use 1 cup of sugar for each cup of fruit, then add 1 teaspoon of ginger and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract for each cup of fruit.