Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and prepare the gooseberries, removing any stems.
Measure half the weight of the gooseberries in lump sugar.
Cook
Combine the gooseberries and sugar in a pot.
Boil the mixture for 30 minutes or longer if needed, until it thickens.
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, natural pectin and acidity that help the jam thicken and set.
- Lump sugar
- Adds sweetness, helps preserve the fruit and aids thickening as the mixture reduces.
The step that matters
Boiling until thickened. Stopping too early leaves the jam runny because pectin has not set, while boiling too long can scorch the sugar and dull the flavour. Watch for the mixture to thicken rather than relying on time alone.
“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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