White or Green Gooseberry Jam

Ingredients

• Equal weight of fruit and sugar

Instructions

1. Select the gooseberries not very ripe, either white or green, and top and tail them.
2. Boil the sugar with water (allowing 1/2 pint to every lb.) for about 1/4 hour, carefully removing the scum as it rises;
3. then put in the gooseberries, and simmer gently till clear and firm: try a little of the jam on a plate;
4. if it jellies when cold, it is done, and should then be poured into pots.
5. When cold, cover with oiled paper, and tissue-paper brushed over on both sides with the unbeaten white of an egg, and store away in a dry place.