Cape Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the fruit
Place the gooseberries and water in a preserving pan.
Simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add sugar and set
Add the sugar, using equal parts sugar to fruit.
Cook until the jam jellies and turns a nice golden color.
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 fruit flavor and the natural pectin that helps the jam thicken.
- Granulated sugar
- Adds sweetness, helps the jam set, and preserves it while it cooks down.
The step that matters
Cook until the jam jellies. Sugar and fruit must be cooked long enough for the pectin and acid to set the jam as it cools. Stopping too early leaves it runny, while cooking too long can darken and caramelize it, changing the flavor.
“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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