Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the fruit
Pick gooseberries just as they begin to turn.
Stem, wash, and weigh the gooseberries.
Cook the jam
In a pot, add the gooseberries and water; boil until soft.
Add the sugar and boil until the mixture is clear.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Gooseberries
- Provide the main fruit flavor and natural pectin that helps the jam set.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness, preserves the fruit, and helps the jam thicken and set as it cooks.
The step that matters
Boiling after adding the sugar. Sugar must dissolve fully and the mixture must reach a hard boil so pectin and sugar can form a gel. Undercooking leaves the jam runny, while overcooking can make it stiff and dark.
“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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