Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and prepare the gooseberries, removing any stems.
Measure the same amount of sugar as half the weight of the gooseberries.
Cook
Combine the gooseberries and sugar in a pot.
Break the gooseberries well.
Boil the mixture for 30 minutes or longer if needed.
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 body, plus natural pectin and acid that help the jam set.
- Lump sugar
- Sweetens the fruit, draws out water, and helps the jam thicken and keep.
The step that matters
Boil until the jam sets. Boiling concentrates the fruit and sugar and activates the pectin. Stopping too early leaves the jam runny, while boiling too long can darken it and dull the fresh flavour.
“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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