Red Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Remove the tops and stalks from the gooseberries and weigh them.
Cook
Boil the gooseberries quickly for 45 minutes, stirring well.
Add the sugar and boil together briskly for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring from the bottom to prevent burning.
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
- Red gooseberries
- Provide the fruit bulk, flavour, and natural pectin and acid needed for setting.
- Granulated sugar
- Sweetens the jam, helps it set, and preserves it by drawing out water.
The step that matters
Boiling briskly with the sugar. Once the sugar is added, the jam must boil briskly and be stirred from the bottom, since thickening sugar scorches easily on the pan base. Boiling hard also helps the pectin and acid set the jam.
“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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