Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Choose red jam gooseberries or green cockspur gooseberries.
Combine gooseberries, sugar, and a little water in a pot.
Boil the mixture, adjusting sugar if using very green fruit.
Avoid using very ripe fruit, as it will not set well.
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
- Gooseberries
- Supply the fruit, along with natural pectin and acid that help the jam set.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jam, helps it set into a gel, and preserves it.
The step that matters
Boil the mixture, adjusting sugar if using very green fruit.. Jam sets when pectin, acid, and sugar reach the right balance at a boil. Green fruit carries more pectin and acid, so the sugar amount may need adjusting. Very ripe fruit has less pectin and will not set well.
“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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