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Gooseberry Tart

A tart made with gooseberries, sugar, water, and pie crust, baked until set.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Gooseberry Tart

Oven, in the book's wordsA brisk oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a brisk oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Remove tops and stalks from the gooseberries.

  2. Place the gooseberries in a pie dish, piling them high in the center.

  3. Sprinkle sugar over the gooseberries and add water.

  4. Line the edge of the dish with pie crust.

  5. Cover the gooseberries with the crust.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake at 400°F (200°C) for 45 minutes.

  2. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the tart before serving.

  3. Serve with cream or custard if desired.

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 filling and its sharp, fruity flavor.
Sugar
Sweetens the gooseberries and balances their natural tartness.
Pie crust
Forms the edge and top that enclose the fruit while it bakes.

“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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