canning kumquats?

[timothina]

Anyone have a good recipe for either canning kumquats in syrup or canning kumquat marmalade? My mother's birthday is coming up and she loves kumquats, so I would like to be able to can and ship her some.

[OCEllen]

For whole kumquats candied: poke one hole in each kumquat to avoid 'exploding', cook in a syrup of 3/4 cup water, 1 cup sugar, until skins are translucent, about 20 mins. Put in sterilized jars and process for 10 mins.

[OliviaPacific]

I use a similar recipe with the addition of a vanilla bean and a star anise pod. I've found that you really don't need to poke the holes. A couple kumquats may explode, but most of them stay intact.

[OCEllen]

I've also done them in honey!

[mtoo]

Tart and Sweet has a recipe for Candied Kumquats that looks good - I've never tried it though. Let me see if I can post the recipe without violating copyright laws here:

3 lbs kumquats halved and seeded
2 cups water
2 cups sugar
1 vanilla bean
5 cinnamon sticks
5 star anise pods

Blanch kumquats 3 times using fresh cold water each time. Strain. Rinse.

Make a syrup out of the water and sugar and vanilla beans that have been scraped from the pod. Boil 2 minutes.

Pack kumquats in jars, add cinnamon stick and star anise to each jar.

Use proper canning techniques, like packing hot fruit into hot jars and topping with hot syrup. Leave 1/4 in headspace. Remove air bubbles, wipe the rim, add lid and band then process for 10 minutes .

Makes 5 half-pints.

(Hopefully this makes sense. I changed to wording on the instructions to avoid copywrite violation.)

[timothina]

Awesome! Sounds great.