Ingredients:

- 1kg tangerine
- 500g sugar
- 1 lemon


Step by step:

- Bring the water to a boil.

- While the water is heating, remove the "green tails" (calyxes or sepals) from each tangerine.

- Place the tangerines in the boiling water for 5 minutes.

- After 5 minutes, retrieve the tangerines and replace the water.

- Reintroduce the tangerines to the boiling water for an additional 5 minutes.

- In the meantime, prepare cold water to cool the mandarins quickly.

- Once the tangerines have undergone a second boil, transfer them from the boiling water to a bowl of ice water for 10 minutes.

- After 10 minutes, cut the tangerines in half.

- Arrange the halves on the bottom of the pan.

- Sprinkle with part of the sugar.

- Place a second layer of tangerines.

- Sprinkle with the remaining sugar.

- Cover and leave in a warm place for 24 hours.

- After 24 hours, heat the pan over low heat and cook for 50 minutes without stirring.

- Extract the juice from a lemon.

- After 50 minutes, add the lemon juice and cook for an additional 5 minutes.

- Blend the mixture using a hand mixer.

- Transfer the completed jam into sterilized jars.

- Keep the jam in the refrigerator.

- Bon appetit!