Modern Cookery
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and fill
Prepare the gooseberries by washing them thoroughly.
Fill bottles with the gooseberries, leaving some space at the top.
Pour scalding water into the bottles to cover the gooseberries completely.
Seal and store
Cork the bottles tightly and seal the necks with melted resin.
Store the bottles in a cool place.
Serve
When ready to use, pour off most of the water and add sugar to taste.
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 itself, whose natural tartness is what the added sugar balances.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness to offset the gooseberries' sharp acidity, added to taste at serving.
The step that matters
Cork the bottles tightly and seal the necks. Air and microbes must be kept out of the sealed bottles, since the fruit is preserved by excluding oxygen and contaminants during cool storage. A loose seal invites spoilage.
“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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