Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pick over, wash, and measure the green gooseberries.
Make the jam
In a pot, combine the water and sugar to make a syrup.
Heat the syrup until hot, then pour it over the gooseberries.
Cook the mixture until it thickens, about 1 to 2 hours.
Finish
Once thickened and clear, pour the jam into glasses while hot.
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
- Green gooseberries
- Provide the fruit and natural pectin that helps the jam set.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jam and, with heat, helps it thicken and keep.
The step that matters
Cooking until thickened. Pectin, sugar, and acid only set properly after enough cooking to concentrate the syrup. Stopping too early leaves a runny jam, while overcooking can make it stiff or dull in color.
“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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