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IMbleu

Quick question

Can I make an approved recipe now, freeze it, and then can it later?

My orange harvest came in and I'm drowning in them. I'm making a double batch of marmalade tonight. I have enough jars for this. But I still have like 20 pounds of oranges to process. Can I make the marmalade all the way up to the boil it until it sheets step and then freeze it. Then when more jars come in (I'm in Italy and I have to order my jars from the US) can I put the frozen marmalade into my pots and boil until sheeting, then fill and process? Is this ok? I can't see any reason why this wouldn't be ok but I just wanted to draw upon your wealth of knowledge to be sure.

I'm selling my marmalade so it would be nice if I can. But if I can't then I understand. I'll find another use for the rest of my oranges. Like maybe a whole holy hell of a lot of candied orange peels.

Posted Feb 9, 2016, 10:36 PM UTC

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loveshercoffee•

From a safety standpoint, this is absolutely fine. I would try it with a little batch to make sure you get the flavor and set you want, though, just to be sure.

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IMbleuOP•

Good advice. Thank you so much for your help!

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loveshercoffee•

Good luck!

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IMbleuOP•

Lol I burnt my first batch. It's bad yall. Oh dear...well at least the oranges were free...

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loveshercoffee•

Awww. Keep at it though, you'll get it!

I've been canning forever and I'm not the best jam/jelly maker myself.

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okiecanner•

If at first you don't succeed. .. try try again! We've all bombed recipes. Never give up!

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bstevens2•

I have stored jam if the refrigerator for a week before canning the following weekend if I run out of time with no issues.

I do reheat before filling jars.

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IMbleuOP•

Oh excellent. See I knew this must be a thing. Thank you so much for your help!

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crystaleya•

I've done this with all kinds of fruit for jams and jellies, and I do the same thing with tomatoes when they're coming in fast and furious too. It's perfectly safe as long as you bring it to a boil before putting it into jars. Here in New England all the produce comes in at once for about 2-3 months so chopping and freezing things saves my sanity while I deal with things that have to be used fresh like pickles or pressure canned veggies.

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SgtSausage•

Yes.

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IMbleuOP•

Sweet thank you for your help.

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