What to do with over 30 lbs of tangelos?

[Dina]

My husband just got over 30 pounds of tangelos and I don't want them to go bad. What can I do with so much citrus? Recipes would be greatly appreciated.

 

[GotGarlic]

Jeez, if I had that much, I'd probably go get a juicer, juice 'em up and freeze it. In this thread - http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f17/frozen-citrus-zest-29840.html - people talked about freezing citrus zest to use later. HTH.

 

[Uncle Bob]

Refrigerate!!!!!! Eat out of Hand...Fresh squeezed juice every morning....Go get a bottle of champagne and make Mimosas for Thanksgiving. Use some to squeeze and marinate with. Put some inside the cavity of your turkey.....Refrigerate!!!!

 

[Loprraine]

I'd zest it and juice it, and freeze both. Although, I do like the Champagne idea.

 

[miniman]

Make marmalade.

 

[jkath]

Since you have so many, a pretty addition to your holiday decor would be to make a wreath out of lemon (or other pretty) leaves and tangelos. (The fruit needs to be attached with wooden skewers). Then tie it with a pretty large ribbon.

Other than that, the juicing/marmalading would be my guess too.

 

[VeraBlue]

make marmalade and give them as gifts!

 

[Uncle Bob]

....Or you could share some of your bounty with a neighbor/friend.

 

[CharlieD]

Make marmalade.

Do you have a good recipe for it?

 

[miniman]

Sorry, I don't tend to make it myself - my MIL gives us plenty. Most good books on preserving will have a recipe or even a google will produce some.

 

[Bilby]

Okay you can use it wherever you would use an orange, more or less. As Miniman said, there is marmalade or a jelly but you can also use it as a glaze as per duc a l'orange or on a ham. Mandarin and orange segments are often used in salads. You could try bottling them in brandy in a similar way to cumquats. You can use the juice and rind to make cakes and desserts or put them thru a crepe suzette. Coat the segments in melted chocolate for an after dinner treat. Squeeze them and make a sorbet or an icecream. Tangelo butters. Stuff a chicken with them instead of a lemon. Use them with cranberries to make a relish akin to the recipe recently shown on DC that used orange with the cranberries. Try your hand at making a liquour. Make dried peel for your next fruit cake.

They keep a fair while - or they should - so you could just eat them.

 

[Bilby]

Here are a couple of recipe links for you:

Better Health Channel - Fish – grilled ocean trout with fennel, tangelo and watercress

Recipe for passionfruit panna cotta with tangelo jelly

Tangelo Jam

 

[Bilby]

And here is some nutritional info for you:
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