Green Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut the stalks and tops from the gooseberries and weigh them.
Cook the jam
Bruise the gooseberries slightly and boil them for 6 to 7 minutes, stirring constantly.
Add 5 pounds of powdered sugar to the gooseberries and boil quickly for 45 minutes, stirring and skimming off any scum.
Rub the fruit through a sieve before adding the sugar.
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 base and natural pectin that helps the jam thicken as it cooks.
- Powdered sugar
- Sweetens the jam and, at high concentration, helps it set and keep its texture.
The step that matters
Boil quickly with the sugar for 45 minutes. Sugar and fruit pectin only set properly once the mixture reaches a high enough concentration, which needs a rapid boil. Constant stirring and skimming keep the jam from scorching on the bottom and removes scum that would cloud it.
“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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