Steps to Make Gooseberry Fruit Plant

Gooseberry Jam

Dig the planting hole, position the bare rooted plant or cutting in centre and backfill with soil, gently harvest fruit when they have changed colour to red/purple.

Recipe Summary Gooseberry Jam

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 we lived.

Ingredients | Gooseberry Fruit Plant

2 quarts fresh gooseberries

6 cups white sugar

½ (6 fluid ounce) container liquid pectin

Directions

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.

Info | Gooseberry Fruit Plant

prep: 20 mins cook: 10 mins total: 30 mins Servings: 80 Yield: 10 - half pint jars

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