Sounds yummy. Will make it for Christmas gifts this year, but will try it for me first!

Loved making this and gave some as presents. Great with our cold ham on Christmas eve. Would be lovely with warm goats cheese and toasted bread. Highly recommend. :) made me feel like a real cook ha ha.

I used a proper jam pan and this does seem to help with the cook down if the onions.
I also followed advice and used less butter and only 100ml of wine vinegar.
Went down very well and have been asked for more.

thanks for all your comments - it's great that you all road tested it before I found the recipe ! I left out the butter and vinegar and used 3kg onions (but didn't increase the wine and port), which meant i had to start off the process in two pots. I also added a fair amount of chilli I got 4 large jars and a small one out of the mixture ( it took more like 3 hours from the time i started cooking it till i spooned it into the jars).
We are going to start eating ours tomorrow with ham, and the rest are gifts. Hopefully i don't have the separating issue,can't imagine i will as there is no butter. Now i just have to find another 3 hours to make another batch!

Made for Xmas presents a few years ago, went down an absolute storm and has been requested again this year. So simple to do but so tasty when done. Excellent!

This is a stunning recipe, no need to alter any of the ingredients. It goes really well with pate.

I left out the butter after reading reviews. Have had the same problems with timings and liquids as everyone else. Plus the problem of burnt pans. The end result is ok, but not worth the money, time and effort. I won't bother with this again!

Not sure what I did wrong but it just did not work, I followed all the instructions to the dot and put it in the jar, once cooled it has a thick layer of what looks like butter on the top? Was making for xmas gifts but it does not look appetising at all? Tips needed please! Thanks x

My family always know that we are starting to get ready for Christmas when I make this because it is the first thing that I make every year. Always fantastic, used to halve the recipe but it disappears so quickly that it is always the full 2kg of onions to be sliced now! Mine always takes longer to cook but that is because of the pan that I use I think. Only pan that I have which is big enough to hold the onions is quite deep so it takes longer for the liquid to evaporate. Not complaining though as it fills my kitchen with such a yummy smell! Xx

I make this recipe every year on Christmas Eve to have on boxing day with cheese and cooked hams....it's an absolute winner! Now each year I get orders from friends and family for it....Started making it this year in the summer for BBQ's as well. I LOVE IT!

I made this last Christmas as part of the christmas hampers of hand-made goodies I gave out as gifts. Everyone raved about this marmalade; it is really delicious. I left out the thyme and the chilli. It looked like masses of chopped onion, and took ages to chop but actually cooked down a lot. The cooking took longer than stated in the recipe and I was worried that I was doing it wrong but went with my gut instinct and what resulted was a seriously gooey, unctuous, sticky marmalade. I intend to do it again this year and will double the ingredients. It's definately worth the tears.

I loved it. Really easy to do. To those struggling with the butter I have found a really easy solution! Mine started to separate, so whenever I saw butter blobs, I shook the jars until it went. I find after 1 or 2 shakes it goes away completely and you still get the lovely buttery flavour.

can anyone tell me how long this will keep in the jars onopened an opened thank you Anne :)

I think people should follow the recipe to the letter and then it will work!! If someone gave some delicious cake and then you took the recipe away and started adding or removing this that and the other it wouldn't be the same delicious cake that you had!! I am just making my second batch and the first was so good that my daughter said I had voodood it as she couldn't stop eating it!! everyone i gave it to has loved and remembered to return the empty jars so that they can have some more xx WELL DONE Barney ........and the Sweet Chilli jam on this site is bloody amazing to......just follow the recipe !!!

Made this today. Made only 1/2 the recipe because there is only 2 of us and I thought the full recipe would be too much but I'm sorry I did that because it is sooooooo good. It is everything I wanted for an onion marmelade. I did skip the butter because of the comments I read. I sterilesed my jars and put the marmelade in hot like I do with all my jams so I can store them in my larder. Next time I make the full batch. I used sweet pink onions instead of the red. Cooking times mentioned were just perfect. Thank you for sharing this recipe. Margrit

Made this elicious marmalade with our organic onions, local wine etc...will be offering to our guests, on one of the local cheese and wine tastings events held regularly here @ villa Magnolia italy.

Delicious

I made this to give to people as presents, unfortunately I now have to apologise as after saving a jar for myself and opening it at home, I realised it was awful!
Definitely won't be making this again.

This bubbling away nicely...and is going to make a wonderful gift for Christmas however mine took much longer than stated.....may be me? ENJOY

Just made this and its fabulous. I tweaked the recipe and added some sultanas and a little less sugar.