How do I keep gooseberries from turning brown?!
How do I keep gooseberries fresh!? I stick them in the fridge and they barely keep for a week, before they go brown and shrivel!. Any ideas!?
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Answers:
sprinkle with sugar and lemon juice and leave them in the zip lock bag!. The sugar and the lemon in particular are good to prevent oxidisation which is what the browning is!.
Yes, you can freeze them in flat baking tray till hard, in a single layer and then put them in a box or zippy bag, label and use as needed!. You can defrost them one at a time!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yes, you can freeze them in flat baking tray till hard, in a single layer and then put them in a box or zippy bag, label and use as needed!. You can defrost them one at a time!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Firm cooking gooseberries will keep (unwashed) in the fridge for a week or two!. They also freeze well!. Softer dessert gooseberries are less durable: keep refrigerated and eat within two or three days!.
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Gooseberry Jam
2!.7kg (6lb) Gooseberries, slightly under-ripe, topped and tailed
2!.7kg (6lb) Sugar
1!.1lt (2 pints) Water
15g (?oz) Butter
Use slightly under ripe gooseberries and remove the tops and tails!.
Place all of the fruit into a heavy bottomed saucepan and cover with water!.
Bring to the boil and cook, stirring occasionally for 30-35 minutes or until the fruit is tender!.
Remove from the heat!.
Pulp or mash the fruit!.
Add the sugar, stir until fully dissolved!.
Add the butter!.
Bring to the boil and boil rapidly, stirring frequently, for about 10 minutes!.
Test for a set, when the setting point is reached, remove from the heat!.
Skim the surface with a slotted spoon!.
Pot the jam into sterilised jars!.
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Gooseberry Jam
2 quarts fresh gooseberries
6 cups white sugar
1/2 (6 fluid ounce) container liquid pectin
Remove blossom and stem ends from gooseberries!. Force berries through food mill!. Measure 4 cups of the berry mash into a large pot!. Stir in the sugar!. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly!. Remove from heat, and stir in pectin at once!. Skim off any foam with a large metal spoon!.
Sterilize jars and lids in boiling water for at least 10 minutes!. Take turns with skimming foam, and stirring the berry mixture for 5 minutes to let it cool slightly!. Ladle into hot sterile jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace!.
Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes!.
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Gooseberry Jam
2!.7kg (6lb) Gooseberries, slightly under-ripe, topped and tailed
2!.7kg (6lb) Sugar
1!.1lt (2 pints) Water
15g (?oz) Butter
Use slightly under ripe gooseberries and remove the tops and tails!.
Place all of the fruit into a heavy bottomed saucepan and cover with water!.
Bring to the boil and cook, stirring occasionally for 30-35 minutes or until the fruit is tender!.
Remove from the heat!.
Pulp or mash the fruit!.
Add the sugar, stir until fully dissolved!.
Add the butter!.
Bring to the boil and boil rapidly, stirring frequently, for about 10 minutes!.
Test for a set, when the setting point is reached, remove from the heat!.
Skim the surface with a slotted spoon!.
Pot the jam into sterilised jars!.
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Gooseberry Jam
2 quarts fresh gooseberries
6 cups white sugar
1/2 (6 fluid ounce) container liquid pectin
Remove blossom and stem ends from gooseberries!. Force berries through food mill!. Measure 4 cups of the berry mash into a large pot!. Stir in the sugar!. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly!. Remove from heat, and stir in pectin at once!. Skim off any foam with a large metal spoon!.
Sterilize jars and lids in boiling water for at least 10 minutes!. Take turns with skimming foam, and stirring the berry mixture for 5 minutes to let it cool slightly!. Ladle into hot sterile jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace!.
Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes!.
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great question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mix water with lemon juice so the lemon doesnt take the gooseberry flavor out and then put them in a zip lock baggy!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. u can freeze them that way also!.!.!.i dont know how the lemon juice does it but it DOES keep the berrys from browning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
mix water with lemon juice so the lemon doesnt take the gooseberry flavor out and then put them in a zip lock baggy!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. u can freeze them that way also!.!.!.i dont know how the lemon juice does it but it DOES keep the berrys from browning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
you can freeze them!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Freeze them up real goodWww@FoodAQ@Com