Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Measure the quantity of gooseberries you want to use.
Use half that amount of lump sugar.
Break the gooseberries well and combine them with the sugar.
Cook and pot
Boil the mixture for 30 minutes or longer if needed.
Pour into pots and cover with paper.
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.
- Lump sugar
- Sweetens the jam and, with boiling, helps it thicken and keep well.
The step that matters
Boiling the mixture. Boiling must be long enough to evaporate water and concentrate sugar and pectin so the jam sets. Stopping too early leaves a runny jam that may spoil sooner.
“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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