Name: Tarte De Gooseberries
Ingredients: 1 cup powdered sugar; 2 cups gooseberries, peeled and washed

Tarte De Gooseberries

Ingredients

1 cup powdered sugar
2 cups gooseberries, peeled and washed

Directions

The book gives no cooking times; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

Prepare

Prepare a tart shell as described in the pudding preparation.
Cover the bottom with powdered sugar.

Assemble and bake

Layer the peeled and washed gooseberries alternately with sugar.
Bake for 45 minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Gooseberries: Provide the tart's tart, fruity filling that bakes into a soft, juicy layer.
Powdered sugar: Sweetens the fruit and draws out juices as it sits against the gooseberries.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.