Gooseberry Jam Spiced

Ingredients

• 1/2 gallon green gooseberries
• 6 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon mace
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 whole orange

Instructions

1. Wash, and nub half a gallon of green gooseberries, picked just before they ripen.
2. Put them in a kettle with six large cups of sugar, a cup of water, half a teaspoonful each of cloves, alspice, mace, grated nutmeg, and cinnamon, the grated yellow peel of an orange and the strained juice.
3. Cook slowly until thick — it should jelly when dropped on a plate.
4. Pack in small jars. One of the very finest accompaniments to any sort of fowl.
5. By leaving out the spices, and merely cooking the berries thick enough to cut like cheese, it is as fine as bar le duc for serving with salad.