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Gooseberry And Raspberry Jelly

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France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. Cinnamon
  2. four pints of a very agreeable cordial
  3. Sugar
  4. Raspberries
  5. three pints of white wine
  6. a pint of brandy
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Raspberry High in vitamin C · High in manganese

    High in vitamin C · 26 mg per 100 g, 33% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    High in manganese · 0.7 mg per 100 g, 34% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Raspberries, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Take any quantity of fine red gooseberries, a quarter as many white one^ and half a quarter as many raspberries ;
  2. pick the fruits and put them in a kettle for preserves, with as many pounds of sugar in pieces, as you have pounds of fruit.
  3. Boil over a quick fire, skimming carefully, and continue boiling until your jelly, turned upon a napkin, fixes or congeals in a moment.
  4. This is a proof that your jelly is sufficiently cooked.
  5. Remove it from the fire, and turn it through a hair sieve.
  6. Let it drain without squeezing, and turn the first results into your pots.
  7. This will be a jelly of the first quality, of a beautiful ruby tint, and perfectly transparent.
  8. Afterwards squeeze and express the remainder into another vase.
  9. This second part is as good as the first, but it has not its transparency, a quality much esteemed by gourmands and connoisseurs.
  10. You may also make a good use of what still remains in the sieve ;
  11. put it in a pitcher, and pour upon it two or three pints of white wine.
  12. This wine, expressed afterwards, may be used to make a fruit ratafia, by adding to it a pint of brandy and some pieces of cinnamon or other aromatic ;
  13. and after you have filtered this infusion, your have four pints of a very agreeable cordial.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Spatula
  • Sieve
  • Colander
  • Kettle