Fragrant and sweet gooseberry recipes

Gooseberries are a berry, from which many mistresses do not even think of making jam, compotes and other preparations. Very often this attitude is based on the visual perception of a small fruit with a thick skin: there is a feeling that it can not be cooked delicious, because the berries will not boil. It is worth recalling that everything depends on the skills and knowledge of the hostess. The article will tell you how to make gooseberries. Recipes are different in complexity, but the result will meet all expectations.

Regardless of the type of jam, there are several rules on which the gooseberries are pre-treated. Recipes suggest that gooseberries can be of different varieties. For the preparation of green varieties, it is necessary to additionally use cherry leaves. Berries of different sizes are processed so that the large ones are without seeds, and the small and medium ones can be left in a unified form.

The first is to present a recipe for royal jam from gooseberry. It is prepared according to an ancient way, which came from distant tsarist times. Strength and patience will need a lot, but the fragrant delicacy, not inferior to the taste of any other varn, will spare no time spent.

To prepare this jam use the unripened tight berries, washed in warm water and peeled off the tips on both sides. When washing, you need to cut each berry and remove all the seeds. It is best to use a sharp scalpel for incision. Separately, you need to stock up the cherry leaves, washed under a stream of water. It is important that they do not have any noticeable damage and dryness to the eye, since later it can spoil the taste.

In the future, the recipe for the preparation of royal jam from gooseberries involves the laying of cherry leaves and cut berries in dishes that are poured with boiling water and left for 6-7 hours. One should not forget to cover the dishes with paper after it has cooled down. When this time has passed, the sugar is poured into the enameled basin (the ratio of gooseberry and sugar 1: 1.5), the prepared berries are mixed with the liquid poured from the berry and kept on low heat, waiting for the dissolution of the sugar. After that, the berries are added to the syrup, and after 10-12 minutes, add the remaining cherry leaves in the dishes. Jam can be considered ready when berries become transparent. It is poured hot on cans and put to cool in a cool place.

Of course, there are other ways of telling how to treat gooseberries. Recipes are numerous, but among them is another option:
- Pre-prepared berries pour cold water for half a day, then get rid of water and pour sugar syrup, leaving the mixture for 8 hours. After a lapse of time, cook the mixture until ready and in a hot form pour into cans. Before closing the cans, you must wait until the jam has cooled.

Recipes of dishes from gooseberry are not limited to the preparation of various types of jam. Among them there are also ways to use berries for stuffing in pies, for cooking jelly and other dishes. However, gooseberry recipes of jam are so different that it is worth mentioning one more way of making jam:

The berries are cleaned and dried by soaking with a towel or throwing it back in a colander, after which the berry is pierced and poured over the previously prepared sugar syrup (keeping the ratio of 1: 1.5: 3 cups of water). Stir the mixture for a day, after which it is boiled on low heat for 10 minutes. Next syrup is boiled separately from berries, and they are added after the syrup is ready. The mixture is brought back to the boil and kept boiling for 5 minutes, after which it is removed and bottled.

Recipes of dishes from gooseberries are so numerous that you can not tell about everything in a short article. It is likely that your experienced middle-aged neighbor knows a couple of recipes from these non-treatable berries. Try to cook at least one of the above recipes to love gooseberries, not only in fresh form.