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Gooseberry Cheese

A cheese made by baking, sieving, boiling, and sweetening gooseberries.

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 and bake them.

  2. Pass the baked gooseberries through a fine sieve.

Cook

  1. Boil the strained gooseberries gently.

  2. Add the sugar gradually, stirring occasionally.

  3. Continue boiling for several hours until thickened.

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

Gooseberries
Provide the fruit pulp and natural pectin that help the cheese set.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and, as the mixture reduces, helps it thicken and keep.

The step that matters

Continue boiling for several hours until thickened. As water evaporates, the sugar and fruit pectin concentrate and set the mixture. Stopping too early leaves it runny, while heat left too high near the end can scorch the sugar on the base 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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