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Red Gooseberry Jam

A jam made from small red gooseberries and sugar, boiled until thick.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Remove the buds and stalks from the gooseberries.

  2. Weigh the gooseberries.

Cook

  1. Boil them quickly for 45 minutes, stirring well.

  2. Add the sugar.

  3. Boil briskly for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring from the bottom to prevent burning.

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 fruit base and natural pectin that helps the jam thicken and set.
Sugar
Sweetens the jam and helps it thicken and set as the mixture reduces.

The step that matters

Stir from the bottom while boiling briskly. Once the sugar is added, the mixture is thick and sugary, so it scorches easily on the base of the pan. Stirring from the bottom keeps the fruit moving and prevents burnt flavour and sticking.

“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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