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Gooseberries in Syrup

Gooseberries are simmered in a sugar water syrup until tender, then dried and stored.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Gooseberries in Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

Make the syrup

  1. Combine sugar and water in a pot to make a syrup.

  2. Skim the syrup thoroughly.

Cook the gooseberries

  1. Add the seeded gooseberries to the syrup.

  2. Simmer for 5 to 7 minutes until clear and tender.

  3. Remove the gooseberries from the syrup.

  4. Repeat with more gooseberries if desired.

  5. Drain the gooseberries.

Dry and store

  1. Spread them singly on dishes.

  2. Dry the gooseberries gradually in a cool oven or sunny window.

  3. Store the gooseberries in the syrup.

  4. Pot them for later use.

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
The fruit that softens and turns clear as it cooks gently in the syrup.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and, at high concentration, helps preserve it.

The step that matters

Simmering the gooseberries. Simmer gently rather than boil hard. Vigorous boiling can split the skins and break the fruit apart, while gentle heat lets sugar slowly penetrate and the fruit turn clear and tender.

“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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