Gooseberry Preserves
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve the sugar in water and boil for 20 minutes.
Add the gooseberries and boil for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and let it sit for 24 hours.
On the second day, boil the fruit and syrup until clear and thick.
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 that gives the preserves their body and tart flavor.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the preserves and, as it thickens the syrup, helps the fruit hold its shape.
The step that matters
Boiling the fruit and syrup on the second day. Boiling until the syrup turns clear and thick concentrates the sugar and sets the preserves. Stopping too early leaves a thin, runny syrup that may not keep well.
“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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