gingery gooseberry jam
It's been lovely on the allotment this week; quiet, peaceful with just a gentle, cooling breeze.
And when I've nipped down in the early evening, I've been serenaded by a beautiful thrush high up in the branches of a bush, singing his heart out.
There have been more gooseberries to harvest -more of the green cooking variety and the first of the sweeter, red ones.
It's fast turning into gooseberry overload here! Do gooseberries freeze well?!
I know they make delicious jams and when I spotted a recipe in the latest edition of Waitrose Food magazine for gooseberry jam with ginger my mind was made up!
I'm a huge fan of ginger.
The recipe can be found here if you would like to try it too.
Gooseberries are a good fruit to turn into jam, as their high pectin level means that the jam will set easily.
The result was a lovely preserve full of gooseberry deliciousness and with just a hint of ginger.
The only disappointment was it didn't turn the beautiful pink colour I was expecting.
I'm not sure why, but hey-ho, it's yummy all the same.
Now, I just need a cup of tea and a fresh, buttered scone on which to dollop a big spoonful of jam.
annjenny x
Sounds delicious, I have an abundance of gooseberries so will give it a go.
ReplyDeleteDo try it. It's just right for using surplus gooseberries x
DeleteYes please to that jam. Sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteI have frozen gooseberries successfully. Sometimes you just cannot deal with them all at once and freezing helps out. Mmmmmm jam looks good
ReplyDeleteI have frozen gooseberries successfully. Sometimes you just cannot deal with them all at once and freezing helps out. Mmmmmm jam looks good
ReplyDeleteThank you. I think I will have to try freezing some.
DeleteI can't remember the last time I ate a gooseberry (used to eat them by the bagful when I was a little girl) and I've never tasted gooseberry jam. Yours looks so delish, I must say. Hope you got to top that scone!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed that you used to eat them by the bagful. I find them quite sour, even, I have to admit, the sweeter red ones!
DeleteGooseberry jam sounds divine, I've never tried it. And every time we've tried growing them we've failed. Either a distinct absence of fruit or a caterpillar infestation or something else equally frustrating.
ReplyDeleteWe can buy them locally, though. They make a great cake with crumble topping.
That's great that you can buy them.:)
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