Red Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and cook
Remove the buds and stalks from the gooseberries.
Weigh the gooseberries and boil them quickly for 45 minutes, stirring well.
Add sugar and finish
Add the sugar and boil briskly for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring from the bottom to prevent burning.
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 flavour.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jam, helps it set and acts as a preservative in the finished preserve.
The step that matters
Stirring from the bottom during the final boil. Sugar sinks and sticks to the base of the pan when the jam is boiling hard, so it can scorch and taste burnt. Stirring from the bottom keeps the mixture moving and prevents this.
“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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