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To Pickle Gooseberries Green

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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To Pickle Gooseberries Green

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the gooseberries into four parts, but not all the way through.

  2. Remove the seeds and string four pieces together on a thread to resemble an artichoke.

  3. Soak the gooseberries in a strong brine of salt for 12 hours.

  4. Drain the gooseberries completely.

  5. Pour boiling vinegar over the gooseberries and add spices.

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.

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