We’ve got an Orange Marmalade and Farmer Cheese Toast recipe that’ll make your lunchtime feel like a party. The sweet and citrusy marmalade, combined with tangy Lifeway Farmer Cheese and savory toasted sourdough makes for an epic Toast Tuesday flavor combination. This dish is also packed with protein and probiotics thanks to our small-batch farmer cheese and includes vitamin C and vitamin K thanks to the blueberry topping. Here’s to an elevated healthy breakfast!
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Prep Time: 45 mins Servings: 5-6Ingredients
- 2 navel oranges
- 2 cups cane sugar or coconut sugar
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup Farmer Cheese
- 2 slices of sourdough bread
- handful of Blueberries
Directions
- Remove the peel from the oranges (set aside for later), leaving no white, just the fleshy orange part of the fruit.
- In a medium saucepan, fill with 2 cups water and bring to a boil. Once at a boil, add the orange rind and boil for 10 minutes. Drain the water, and just keep the orange rind.
- Keeping the orange rind in the saucepan, fill with 2 cups of water and repeat the second step until you have done this process three times.
- Once you finish your last drain, add (with the orange rind) orange slices, sugar, lemon juice, and 2 cups water. Bring to a boil and boil for 6 minutes. Reduce the heat to a medium-low setting so the mixture is simmering.
- Cook this for about 40 minutes, stirring frequently.
- After the 40 minutes, stir in cinnamon and jar marmalade for future use.
- Toast your sourdough bread, add a layer of Farmer Cheese, top with orange marmalade and blueberries. Optional toppings include walnuts and honey.
