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To Preserve Gooseberries

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122,807 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

To Preserve Gooseberries

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Remove the seeds from the gooseberries using a wooden bodkin.

  2. Blanch the gooseberries and leave them in water until fermentation begins.

  3. Heat the gooseberries with a little sugar and fresh water until they are green, but do not boil.

  4. Strain the mixture and make a thin syrup, pouring it over the gooseberries daily until preserved.

  5. When ready to serve, drain the necessary amount, dip them in egg white, and frost with sifted sugar.

  6. Top with a small red gooseberry and a pale yellow one at the bottom.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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