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Green Gooseberry Jam

A jam made from green gooseberries, sugar, and water, cooked until thickened.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the green gooseberries and remove any stems.

  2. In a pot, combine the gooseberries, water, and sugar.

Cook and jar

  1. Cook over medium heat until the mixture thickens, stirring frequently.

  2. Pour the jam into sterilized jars and seal while hot.

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

Green gooseberries
Supply the fruit and natural pectin that help the jam thicken as it cooks.
Granulated sugar
Sweetens the jam, helps it set, and helps preserve it.
Water
Dissolves the sugar and softens the fruit as it begins to cook.

The step that matters

Cook until the mixture thickens. Stopping too early leaves the jam runny because pectin and sugar have not concentrated enough to set. Cooking too long or too hot can scorch the sugar and make the jam taste bitter. Stirring frequently prevents sticking and burning on the bottom of the pot.

“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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