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Gooseberry Cheese

A preserved cheese made from mashed gooseberries boiled with sugar until thick.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Gooseberry Cheese

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Gather the ripe gooseberries.

  2. Bake them until they are a perfect mash.

  3. Pass the mashed gooseberries through a fine sieve into a preserving pan.

Cook

  1. Boil the gooseberry puree gently, adding the sugar a little at a time.

  2. Continue boiling for several hours until the mixture thickens.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Ripe red gooseberries
Provide the main fruit flavour, tartness, and natural pectin that helps the cheese set.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and balances the tartness, and helps the mixture thicken as water evaporates.

The step that matters

Boil gently until the mixture thickens. Gentle heat lets water evaporate slowly so the sugar and fruit pectin concentrate and set evenly. Boiling too hard or unattended can scorch the sugar and fruit on the bottom of the pan.

“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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