Gooseberry and ginger jam
Gooseberry and ginger jam

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, gooseberry and ginger jam. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Gooseberry and ginger jam is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Gooseberry and ginger jam is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

Gooseberry was a food I'd never tried until we grew it. Besides eating it fresh, I also make gooseberry and ginger jam. Gooseberries should be ready to pick now, or very soon, and this recipe is just perfect for your glut of fruit.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook gooseberry and ginger jam using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Gooseberry and ginger jam:
  1. Make ready 1 lb gooseberries topped and tailed
  2. Prepare 1 lb granulated white sugar
  3. Get 1 piece of fresh ginger ( about 1") peeled and grated
  4. Make ready 200 ml or 7 fluid oz water
  5. Make ready 1 this recipe makes about 2lb of jam

Gooseberry jam is one of those old fashioned pleasures that your grandma raves about, but it's hard to lay hands on it these days. Since gooseberries are making their way back into farmers markets across the country, it's easy enough to make your own homemade gooseberry jam. Fresh gooseberries are cooked in a spiced sugar syrup with crystallised ginger, cinnamon, cloves and allspice. It's best not to use over ripe gooseberries.

Steps to make Gooseberry and ginger jam:
  1. Stew fruit and ginger in a heavy pan in water untill tender and broken.
  2. Add sugar, dissolve - then boil up untill it will set. Remove any scum as the jam boils.
  3. Remove from heat as soon as it will set when tested. To test for setting:- place a little jam on a cool plate, let it cool. If it wrinkles when moved slightly it is ready to set.
  4. To sterilise jars and lids either place in a warm oven for 5 mins or poor boiling water into them (place a metal spoon in each jar this will prevent the jar from cracking)
  5. Fill the jars almost full, place waxed paper on the jam, put on lids to seal and label.

They need to be firm to prevent them falling apart in the hot syrup. Serve over ice cream or use as a filling for cakes or pavlova. This is a jam recipe was given to me by my mother in law. She made it every year and would send us a pint because we could not get gooseberries where I'd never tasted a gooseberry before and wasn't sure what to expect. My jam turned out great perfect sweet/tart combo and such a beautiful color.

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