I'm so happy with my latest jam! I feel like I've bottled up some serendipitous springtime sunshine in a jar. This is because the lovely golden kumquat is in season again and after making Chinese Candied Kumquats 糖漬金橘 last year, I decided this year to make some marmalade with it.
Marmalade, for me, is always associated with Paddington Bear, that adorable little hatted bear from deepest, darkest Peru. His most favorite, absolutely preferred food was marmalade. When I think of him I always see him with one furry paw, sticky with orangey goopy goodness, just out of the marmalade jar. But enough of bears! Back to the jam at hand!
I had never made marmalade before. But since the surprising easy success of my Easy Homemade Strawberry Jam, I decided to try making jam with kumquats. A bit more work, but oh my gosh darn it! This Five Spice Kumquat Jam is soooo addictively tasty, refreshingly sweet yet tangy, a touch of that distinctive citrus bitterness, all rounded out by the warm spiciness of five spice.
Oh, dear, oh dear, I keep finding myself in deepest, darkest Fridge-ru, dipping one paw into the goopy golden goodness that is my very own marmalade jar!
