Gooseberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and stem the gooseberries.
In a large pot, combine the gooseberries and sugar.
Break the gooseberries well with a spoon.
Cook and jar
Boil the mixture for one hour, stirring occasionally.
Pour the jam into jars and seal them.
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, pectin and tartness that give the jam its body and flavour.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jam and helps it set and keep by drawing out water.
The step that matters
Boiling the mixture for one hour. Boiling long enough lets the fruit's pectin and sugar reach the concentration needed for the jam to set. Stirring occasionally prevents the sugar and fruit from scorching on the bottom of the pot.
“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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