Gooseberry Tart
Ingredients
Directions
Make the filling
Combine sugar and gooseberries in a saucepan.
Add just enough water to prevent burning.
Cook until the mixture begins to jelly.
Assemble and serve
Spread the jelly over pre‑baked tart shells.
Serve cold.
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
- Sugar
- Sweetens the tart and, as it cooks with the fruit, helps the mixture thicken into a jelly.
- Gooseberries
- Provide the tart flavour and acidity, and their natural pectin helps the mixture set.
The step that matters
Cooking until the mixture begins to jelly. Cook until it just starts to jelly, then stop. Overcooking can scorch the sugar and make the set too stiff, while undercooking leaves the filling runny on the shells.
“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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