Rhubarb Blood Orange Marmalade

This small-batch marmalade is a tangy, floral celebration of two seasonal favourites: tart garden rhubarb and sweet, ruby-red Sicilian blood oranges.

At Fat Tomato, we grow four varieties of rhubarb — Victoria, Champagne, Bull and Gate, and Timperley Early — which bring colour and flavour to the garden from early spring. Some are forced under terracotta pots for an early harvest, while others are available at our Honesty Farm Shop until around July.

For this marmalade, we chose two varieties with distinct flavour profiles and paired them with organic blood oranges sourced directly from small farms in Sicily. Through the CrowdFarming platform, we’ve adopted citrus trees from second- and third-generation growers who farm organically along the Mediterranean. Supporting them means fresher fruit and better marmalade.

The result is a vibrant preserve with sour-sweet balance, floral notes, gentle bitterness, and a loose set — because Anthony hates overset marmalade. Try it on hot buttered toast, swirled through yoghurt, as a glaze for roast vegetables, or melted into a sharp cheddar toastie.

Presented in a glass bulb jar, on its own or wrapped in illustrated paper that tells the Wexford and Irish food story, and elegantly packaged in our signature black box.