WHITE OR GREEN GOOSEBERRY JAM

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 45 min Total: 45 min
Status
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (4)
  1. Boil the sugar with water (allowing 1/2 pint to every lb.) for about 1/4 hour, carefully removing the scum as it rises.
  2. Put in the gooseberries, and simmer gently till clear and firm.
  3. Try a little of the jam on a plate; if it jellies when cold, it is done, and should then be poured into pots.
  4. When cold, cover with oiled paper, and tissue-paper brushed over on both sides with the unbeaten white of an egg, and store away in a dry place.
Original Text
WHITE OR GREEN GOOSEBERRY JAM. 1549. INGREDIENTS.—Equal weight of fruit and sugar. Mode.—Select the gooseberries not very ripe, either white or green, and top and tail them. Boil the sugar with water (allowing 1/2 pint to every lb.) for about 1/4 hour, carefully removing the scum as it rises; then put in the gooseberries, and simmer gently till clear and firm: try a little of the jam on a plate; if it jellies when cold, it is done, and should then be poured into pots. When cold, cover with oiled paper, and tissue-paper brushed over on both sides with the unbeaten white of an egg, and store away in a dry place. Time.—1/4 hour to boil the sugar and water, 3/4 hour the jam. Average cost, from 6d. to 8d. per lb. pot. Sufficient.—Allow 1-1/2 pint of fruit for a lb. pot. Seasonable.—Make this in June.
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