Name: Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients: Equal weight of gooseberries and sugar; ½ pint of water

Gooseberry Jam

Ingredients

Equal weight of gooseberries and sugar
½ pint of water

Directions

Select unripe white or green gooseberries and remove the stems and tails.
Boil the sugar with ½ pint of water for about 1 hour, skimming off any scum that forms.
Add the gooseberries and simmer gently until the jam is clear and firm.
Test a small amount on a plate; if it jellies when cold, it's done.
Pour the jam into pots and let it cool.
Cover with oiled paper and tissue paper brushed with the un-beaten white of an egg.
Store in a dry place.

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.