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Imperial Gooseberry-pool

A drink made by simmering gooseberries, mashing, and straining the liquid.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Imperial Gooseberry-pool

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Simmer the gooseberries in ¾ pint of water until soft.

  2. Mash the gooseberries and strain the mixture to remove skins and seeds.

  3. Serve the strained liquid as a refreshing drink.

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

Green gooseberries
Provide the tart fruit flavour and the pectin-rich pulp that gives the juice its body.

“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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