Earl Grey and Satsuma Jelly

I couldn't decide which I liked better for IMBB this month - Green Jasmine Tea or this most smashing organic Earl Grey tea I found at Planet Organic and which smells like perfume! If I could stuff a teabag in my bra or hang one from my ear so that I smelled like this tea all day, (and not feel like a moron) I would. It. Smells. That. Good.

What better way to enjoy such a beautiful bouquet, than with a simple slice of toast. Tea and toast have been friends for a very long time, so maybe it's time to spice up the marriage. Try something new. Maybe tea would like to be on top? This tea jelly is perfectly aromatic, tangy and Earl Grey-y. I know it sounds weird to put tea on top of your toast, but trust me!

I used gorgeous organic satsumas I found for this, but any kind of fragrant orange will do.

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 4 tea bags (if you have very strong smelling bags, otherwise, I'd use closer to 8)
• 4x1 inch pieces of orange peel, white pith removed
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1.5 cups sugar
• 1 envelope pectin

Boil water and steep tea and orange peel in it for 10 minutes. Squeeze dregs of tea out of tea bags into pot, fish out orange peel. Put tea in saucepan along with sugar and orange juice and bring to the boil. Add pectin and boil rapidly for 1 minute. Skim off any foam and pour into hot jam jars (2 x 250 ml). If you want to keep the jam a while, process the jars in a water bath for 20 minutes. If you're going to refrigerate it and eat it fairly quickly, I wouldn't bother with the processing.

 

Comments

[clare eats]

That is soooo pretty lyn!
I bet casey would love it!

I think it is funny.... we never process our jam..... and it always lasts well, we just sterilise the jars and lids and pour the jam in HOT!

[mireille]

Is it bergamot oil that gives Earl Grey its distinctive scent? Yum.

[dilek]

Waw! I liked this recipe! I have a similiar(!) recipe for a sauce, which I like and thought one second to put to imbb 17.
But I didn't thought about a jelly. The sauce is with fresh orange juice, sugar & jelling sugar and brewed earl grey tea:)