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Apple marmelade Apricot marmelade Mixed marmelade
Orange marmelade (delicious) Plum marmelade Raspberry marmelade
Sour cherry and carrot marmelade for filling Sour cherry marmelade Sour cherry marmelade for filling
Strawberry marmelade Wild strawberry marmelade

Apple marmelade/
Marmelada de mere


2 lbs/1 kg tart apples, 1 lb/500 g sugar

Grind the peeled, seeded and sliced apples. Add sugar, mix well and refrigerate for 2-3 hours. Set to boil, stirring continuously until well thickened.

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Apricot marmelade/
Marmelada de caise


2 lbs/1 kg ripe apricots, 14 oz/400 g sugar

Wash and remove pits from apricots. Grind, mix with sugar and refrigerate for 2-3 hours. Set to boil and from the moment it starts to boil, it takes 50 minutes. Keep stirring. Pour the marmelade while still warm in warmed jars. Tie the jars with cellophane after the marmelade is cold. Back to Plum marmelade

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Mixed marmelade/
Marmerada melanj


2 lbs/1 kg apples, 2 lbs/1 kg pears, 2 lbs/1 kg plums, 3 lbs/1,5 kg sugar, 1 cup water

Peel the apples and pears. Remove seeds and pits from all fruits. Cut in pieces and grind. Mix with sugar and a cup of water. Set to boil at low heat until well thickened. Pour the marmelade while hot in warmed jars. Tie jars with cellophace after the marmelade is cold.

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Orange marmelade (delicious)/
Marmelada delicioasa de portocale


4 large oranges, 1 lemon, as much sugar as the weight of oranges, lemon and the water in which they boiled, three times as much water, by weight, as the weight of the oranges and lemon, juice from 1 lemon

Wash the oranges and lemon. Slice each fruit in 16 sections lengthwise and then halve each section. You will now have 32 pieces of each fruit. Weigh the fruit and add three times as much water. Leave them like this for 24 hours. Then set to boil and keep on heat for 1 hour since the moment it starts boiling. Remove from heat and add the lemon juice, refrigerating for another 24 hours. Weigh the oranges again together with the water they boiled in and add as much sugar. The sugar should be added after the oranges and water have been heated. Boil for 40-50 minutes. Pour in warmed jars while still warm. Tie the jars with cellophane after the marmelade is cold.

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Plum marmelade/
Marmelada de prune


2 lbs/1 kg plums, 10 oz/300 g sugar

Prepare the same way as apricot marmelade.

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Raspberry marmelade/
Marmelada de zmeura


2 lbs/1 kg raspberries, 1 3/4 lbs/750 g sugar

Clean the raspberries and sieve. Mix with sugar and set to boil at low heat, stirring continuously. When the sugar has melted, increase the heat, letting it boil for 40-50 minutes after it actually starts boiling. Pour into jars while still hot and tie the jars with cellophane when the marmelade is cold. Back to Wild strawberry marmelade

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Sour cherry and carrot marmelade for filling/
Marmelada de visine cu morcovi pentru umplutura


4 cups pitted sour cherries, 8 cups cleaned and cubed carrots, 2 cups water, vanilla, 2 lbs/1 kg sugar

Boil the carrots until soft, drain and rinse. In the meantime, set the sugar and the 2 cups of water to boil. When it starts bubbling, add the carrots, sour cherries and vanilla. Boil until it is well thickened and there is little liquid. Pour while still hot in warmed jars. Tie the jars with cellophane after the marmelade is cold.

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Sour cherry marmelade/
Marmelada de visine


3 lbs/1,5 kg sour cherries, 1 lb/500 g sugar, vanilla

Wash, pit and grind the sour cherries. Add the sugar, mix and refrigerate for 2 hours. Set to boil with a piece of vanilla stick, stirring continuously for 50 minutes. Pour while still hot in warmed jars and tie the jars with cellophane after the marmelade is cold.

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Sour cherry marmelade for filling/
Marmelada de visine pentru umplutura


12 cups pitted sour cherries, 2 lbs/1 kg sugar, vanilla, 2 cups water

Set the water and sugar to boil. When it starts bubbling, add the sour cherries and vanilla. Boil until well thickened. Pour while still hot in warmed jars. Tie the jars with cellophane after the marmelade is cold. Use as filling for pancakes, cakes, pastries, etc.

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Strawberry marmelade/
Marmelada de capsuni


2 lbs/1 kg strawberries, 1 3/4 lbs/750 g sugar, juice from 1 lemon

Prepare the same way as wild strawberry marmelade.

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Wild strawberry marmelade/
Marmelada de fragi


2 lbs/1 kg wild strawberries, 1 3/4 lbs/750 g sugar, juice from 1 lemon

Prepare the same way as raspberry marmelade, with the only differene being that, after the sugar has melted, you add juice from 1 lemon. Back to Strawberry marmelade

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