To Preserve Gooseberries
Ingredients
Directions
Combine gooseberries and sugar in a pot.
Boil the mixture, removing any scum that rises to the surface.
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 fruit, tartness and bulk that the sugar preserves and sweetens.
- Lump sugar
- Preserves the fruit and sweetens it, drawing out moisture and thickening the syrup as it boils.
The step that matters
Removing the scum while boiling. Scum is foam and impurities that rise as the fruit and sugar heat. Skimming it off keeps the syrup clear and stops off-flavours from spreading through the preserve.
“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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