Green Gooseberries for Tarts
Ingredients
Directions
Make the preserve
Bruise the gooseberries well and boil them for 1 hour and 15 minutes without sugar.
After 1 hour, stir in the sugar and continue boiling for another 30 minutes.
Press the mixture into shallow pans or small shapes.
Serve
Unmould the preserve when ready to serve.
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 body and natural pectin that help the preserve set as it cools.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps the mixture thicken and keep its shape once set.
The step that matters
Stirring in the sugar after 1 hour. Sugar added at the right point in the boil helps the fruit's pectin set the preserve. Adding it too early or boiling too long can change the texture and colour, so timing matters.
“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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