Shadowfoot Recipes

This takes some time cooking and is ideally prepared the day before.

Ingredients

• 4 large grapefruit (about 750g)
• 2 medium lemons
• 2 litres water
• 6 cups sugar

Method

1. Peel grapefruit and lemons thinly. Cut the peel into very fine strips.
2. Remove pith from fruit and cut flesh into small pieces, reserving seeds.
3. Tie seeds and some pith in a piece of muslin.
4. Add fruit, peel, seeds, and water to large pot and leave overnight.
5. Bring to the boil then simmer until peel is tender and liquid reduced by half.
6. Remove muslin bag.
7. Add sugar, stir until dissolved, then boil rapidly until setting point is reached.
8. Leave 10 minutes, skim gently and pour into warm sterilised jars. Seal.

I have a zester that produces long fine strips. Criss-crossing it over the fruit produces long and small strips.