Gooseberry Jam recipe

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Ingredients

2 quarts fresh gooseberries
6 cups white sugar
½ (6 fluid ounce) container liquid pectin

Nutrition Info

64.8 calories
carbohydrate: 16.6 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 0.1 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 0.1 g
saturatedFat: : -
servingSize: -
sodium: 0.3 mg
sugar: 15 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

Recipe Yield

10 - half pint jars

Recipe Note

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.

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