Bitter orange marmalade - Les Jardins de Porquerolles

Organic bitter orange marmalade is made from fruit harvested in the Porquerolles citrus orchard.

Bitter oranges are also known as "bigarade" or "bigarade" or "bigarade", because they come from the bigarade tree.

It's a smaller variety of orange, with flesh that's not very juicy but has a very fragrant zest. To prepare our marmalade, the finely sliced peel is mixed with the flesh and the preparation "macerates" for several hours before cooking, giving the marmalade a pronounced, generous fragrance.

This marmalade can be eaten for breakfast or a snack, on fresh bread, rusks or toast, as a filling for pancakes, or as an accompaniment to yoghurt or fromage blanc. It can also be used to garnish a cake or homemade gingerbread.

Ingredients: cane sugar, bitter oranges

Fruit content : 27 g per 100 g of finished product

Sugar content: 55 g per 100 g

Raw materials from organic farming.

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Since 2014, the Parc national de Port-Cros has entrusted the maintenance of the collection orchards on the island of Porquerolles to the Association de Sauvegarde des Forêts Varoises, as part of an integration project. This partnership between the Parc National, the Conservatoire Botanique de Porquerolles and the association has given rise to the COPAINS project (COllections PAtrimoine INSertion), an exemplary agricultural estate project, providing a meaningful and bonding environment, based on sustainable development.

These collection orchards are home to 269 varieties of fig tree and 50 varieties of mulberry tree. This diversity offers fruit of many shapes, colors and flavors. In addition, seasonal vegetables are offered all year round, selected from ancient, local varieties that contribute to the preservation of cultivated biodiversity. A market gardening activity was taken over in 2017 on some twenty hectares, in compliance with organic farming specifications. The result is "Les Jardins de Porquerolles".

Water-saving management:

On the island of Porquerolleson the island of Porquerolles, water is scarce and must be shared to meet all needs (drinking water, fire protection, wild flora, etc.). Les Jardins de Porquerolles closely monitors water consumption and implements farming practices designed to reduce it. For their market garden crops, these include the selection of less water-hungry varieties, the use of green manures and mulching by testing local vegetation, drip irrigation with solenoid valves, the recovery of rainwater from greenhouses and agroforestry. The 17ha of orchards have been irrigated for over 40 years with treated wastewater that has circulated for a month in lagoons.