Compote of Green Gooseberries
Ingredients
Directions
Make the syrup
Make a syrup by boiling ½ pint of water and 5 ounces of sugar together gently for 10 minutes, then skim the surface.
Cook and serve
Simmer 1 pint of washed and drained gooseberries in the syrup for 8 to 10 minutes.
Serve immediately as these compotes will only keep for 2 to 3 days.
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 tart fruit flavour and the bulk of the compote.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the syrup and balances the gooseberries' sharp acidity.
The step that matters
Simmer gently in the syrup. Gentle simmering softens the gooseberries while helping them keep their shape. A hard, rolling boil breaks the skins and turns the fruit mushy.
“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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