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Red Gooseberry Jam

A jam made from ripe 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

  1. Remove the buds and stalks from the gooseberries.

  2. Weigh the gooseberries and boil them quickly for 45 minutes, stirring well.

  3. Add the sugar and 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, pectin and acidity that give the jam its body and tartness.
Sugar
Sweetens the jam and helps it set and keep once cooked to a thick consistency.

The step that matters

Stirring from the bottom while boiling briskly. Sugar and fruit sink and scorch on the hot base of the pan during a hard boil. Stirring from the bottom keeps the mixture moving so it cooks evenly and does not taste burnt.

“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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