Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Place the gooseberries in a porcelain-lined or granite-ware saucepan.
Mash and stir the fruit to prevent burning.
Boil for one hour.
Add the sugar and boil for one more hour.
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, pectin and tartness that give the jam its body and flavor.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jam and, with boiling, helps it thicken and keep.
The step that matters
Mashing and stirring the fruit while it boils. Gooseberries are thick and sugar-free at the start, so they can scorch on the bottom of the pan. Stirring and mashing keeps heat even and breaks the fruit down so it cooks evenly.
“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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