Green Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the green gooseberries and remove any stems.
Cook
In a pot, combine the gooseberries, water, and sugar.
Cook over medium heat until the gooseberries are soft and the mixture thickens.
Jar
Pour into sterilized jars and seal while hot.
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
- Gooseberries
- Provide the fruit, pectin and tartness that give the jam its flavour and body.
- Granulated sugar
- Sweetens the jam and helps it thicken and keep as it cooks down.
- Water
- Helps the fruit soften and break down evenly before the mixture thickens.
The step that matters
Cooking until the mixture thickens. Sugar and fruit pectin set only when enough water has evaporated and the sugar concentration rises. Undercooked jam stays runny, while overcooking can scorch the sugar and dull the 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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