Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and prepare the gooseberries.
Cook the jam
In a pot, cook the gooseberries over medium heat for about 30 minutes.
Add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
Continue to cook until the mixture thickens.
Jar
Pour the jam into perfectly dry jars and seal.
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, pectin and tartness that form the jam's body and flavour.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jam and helps it thicken and keep as it cooks down.
The step that matters
Continue to cook until the mixture thickens. Jam sets as water evaporates and sugar and pectin concentrate. Stopping too early leaves it runny, while cooking too long can make it stiff and dull in flavour.
“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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