Thanks to this bounty of grapefruit, I have a modest start to filling that shelf. One of Dan's coworkers has a grapefruit tree and bestowed upon him a bag full of grapefruit. This is what is left after round 1 of marmalade-ing...
That's dirt on them. I scrubbed them clean before using them. Can you imagine finding dirt on fruit at a grocery store? All of the fruit and veggies are so *clean*. I am generally a fan of clean, but dirt is natural and its nice to sometimes have fruit with a little dirt on it to remind me it really is from the earth and not manufactured somewhere.
If you take a close look at those jars, you'll see dark specs. That's not dirt. No, that's the seeds scraped from a vanilla bean. When I decided to make marmalade, I did a search for grapefruit marmalade. I found several recipes, but this one on Desert Candy caught my eye. "Pink Grapefruit Marmalade with Vanilla". The combination of tart and the heady vanilla sweetness piqued my curiosity. And I just love the way vanilla beans speckle everything.
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