Ginger And Lemon Marmalade - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 None lemons, peeled, rind and flesh chopped separately, seeds and juice reserved
    2 None grapefruits, peeled, rind finely sliced, flesh roughly chopped, seeds and juice reserved
    1/2 cup fresh ginger, peeled
    1 tsp tartaric acid
    7 1/2 cups granulated sugar
    6 oz candied ginger, finely chopped
Preparation
    Tie reserved citrus seeds in a muslin cloth along with lemon rind and fresh ginger.
    Place lemon and grapefruit flesh and juice, grapefruit rind, muslin bag, tartaric acid and 8 cups water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Boil for 1 hour 30 mins, or until rind is soft and mixture is reduced by 1/2. Discard muslin bag.
    Add sugar to pan and stir over high heat, without boiling, until sugar has dissolved. Add candied ginger and bring to a boil. Boil for 20 mins, or until marmalade wrinkles when placed on a cold plate and you push your finger through it.

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