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Gooseberry Soy

A sweet and tart sauce made from gooseberries, sugar, and vinegar, boiled until thickened.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,806 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Gooseberry Soy

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash and prepare the gooseberries, removing any stems.

Cook

  1. In a large pot, combine the gooseberries, sugar, and vinegar.

  2. Boil the mixture over medium heat until it thickens, stirring occasionally.

  3. Let cool before serving with meats.

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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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Sugar + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Gooseberries
Provide the main fruit body and tart flavor that forms the sauce.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the mixture thicken as it cooks down.
Vinegar
Adds acidity that balances the sweetness and sharpens the flavor.

The step that matters

Boil until it thickens. Gooseberries release pectin as they cook, and sugar and acid help it set. Stopping too early leaves a thin sauce, while overcooking can make it stiff and overly sweet.

“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.

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