Tag: natsumikan

Marmalade and muffins

The other day seeing the natsumikan trees plowing under the weight of their fruits I decided we needed to harvest them. Our garden is an intricate mess of trees and access to all the fruits was not possible, hopefully the birds will eat some (though with the thick skin it’s not one of the birds favorite). Yet we managed to harvest about 100 fruits!!! This year has been incredible for harvesting fruits: plum, ginko nuts, tangerines, and now natsumikan. They are also super delicious. Usually they be quite sour but this year it’s pure sweetness!!! Yet, it’s too much for just for us. So I’ve given away 2/3 of the fruits, made marmalade with half of the remaining fruits, and kept the rest for eating raw. For the marmalade I used the seeds of an apple to gelify and it worked super well. And since we have now delicious marmalade to eat, We just needed something to spread it on, so this morning I made English muffins. So simple and so delicious!!!

Natsumikan fluffy and frosted cakes

We have two natsumikan trees in the garden, or also called amanatsu. Every year the trees are covered with fruits and usually I would make jam with them and also use the zest since I know they are perfectly safe of chemicals and other nasty products. Usually the fruits are rather sour but this year they are incredibly sweet, as I discovered while making some fluffy cakes with the peel and the juice. For the fluffy cakes I used the recipe of the madeleine but put a little more baking powder and baked them at 180deg until golden. And because the juice of the fruit is really good I did a little frosting using only ice sugar and juice. Perfect for tea or breakfast!

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