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Green Gooseberry Jam

A jam made from green gooseberries, sugar, and water, cooked until thick.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Green Gooseberry Jam

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare and soften

  1. Wash the green gooseberries and remove any stems.

  2. Combine the gooseberries and water in a pot.

  3. Cook over medium heat until the gooseberries are soft.

Sweeten and thicken

  1. Add the sugar and stir until dissolved.

  2. Continue to cook until the mixture thickens.

Jar

  1. Pour the jam into sterilized jars and seal while hot.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Green gooseberries
Provide the fruit and natural pectin that help the jam set.
Granulated sugar
Sweetens the jam and, as it cooks down, helps it set and keep.

The step that matters

Cooking until the jam thickens. The jam sets as pectin and sugar concentrate while water evaporates. Stopping too early leaves it runny, while cooking too long can make it stiff and sticky.

“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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