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Gooseberry Tart

A baked tart made with gooseberries, brown sugar, and water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Gooseberry Tart

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Remove the heads and stems from the gooseberries and clean them with a towel.

  2. Fill a baking dish with the gooseberries and add the brown sugar and a little water.

Bake

  1. Cover the dish and bake at 350°F (175°C) for about an hour.

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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What each ingredient does

Gooseberries
Provide the tart fruit and juices that form the filling.
Brown sugar
Sweetens the fruit and adds moisture and molasses 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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