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To Presierre Gooseberries Whole

A sweet preserve made by simmering whole gooseberries in a sugar syrup.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Presierre Gooseberries Whole

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the gooseberries and remove any stems.

  2. In a pot, combine equal parts sugar and water to create a syrup.

Cook and jar

  1. Add the gooseberries to the syrup and simmer gently until they are tender.

  2. Pour the mixture into sterilized jars and seal while hot.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Gooseberries
Provide the fruit, which softens and gives the preserve its flavor and body.
Sugar
Sweetens the preserve and helps it keep by binding water in the syrup.

The step that matters

Simmering the gooseberries gently until tender. Gentle simmering softens the fruit while keeping it whole and intact. Boiling hard can break the berries apart and make the preserve mushy and cloudy.

“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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