It's on, folks. And it shows no signs of abating any time soon. This has to be the most tolerant, generous tree on the planet. It barely rains all summer, we vaguely remember to turn the hose on it a few times, we do absolutely nothing else. And look what it bestows on us:
We've been through a couple of dozen already and I'd say there's another couple of hundred to go. So earlier in the week I decided it was time to attempt some mandarin-heavy recipes in an attempt to dispose of a few.
First off the bat was mandarin jelly:
500mL mandarin juice
100 gm sugar
10 gm powdered gelatin
... all stirred together over low heat until the sugar and gelatin dissolved, and then refrigerated for several hours. It used up about 20 mandarins, which I juiced by whizzing them in the food processor and then straining the pulp through a sieve. It's tangy and sweet and was declared a success.
Next attempt - mandarin muffins courtesy of this ABC recipe. I did them in cupcake containers and they also turned out well, pretty much just butter cake with mandarin juice and zest, but nothing to complain about.
I have in mind a mandarin chicken dish but don't have a recipe, I've googled for one but to no avail. I was thinking a stir fry kind of thing that uses mandarin juice, if I can't find a specific one I might adapt a lemon chicken recipe.
So today I"m grateful for citrus, citrus, citrus! How are things at your place this weekend?
So today I"m grateful for citrus, citrus, citrus! How are things at your place this weekend?
4 comments:
I like the sound of that mandarin jelly. There have been bags of mandarins going around our town lately too. Not a bad thing considering the lack of bananas!
Gill xo
I love mandarins, your tree looks so healthy. Mum used to make fresh orange jelly when we were kids, the mandarin one sounds just as good.
What a great looking tree!
Oh how I would love one of those.... Lovely post x
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