Gooseberry-cardamom-jam
Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 20 mins
Ingredients
- 600 g red gooseberries
- 200 g super gelling sugar (dr. oetker's, see note)
- 5 cardamom pods
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
Recipe
- 1 clean red gooseberries and cut in half.
- 2 put in a suited pot and add the sugar. let stand for 2 hours.
- 3 towards the end: open the cardamom pods and put the seeds into a mortar. ground the seeds with a pistel. set aside for the moment.
- 4 bring gooseberry mixture to a boil over medium high heat stirring frequently. cook for 4 minutes strirring all the time.
- 5 remove from heat and add lime juice, vanilla extract and grounded cardamom seeds. mix.
- 6 if you like you can mash now the gooseberries as you would like them to appear in your jam.
- 7 fill into twist off preserving jars and close jars. let stand for 1 minute and then turn up side down. let stand for 10 minutes and turn over again. let cool completely.
- 8 note on "dr. oetker's super gelling sugar 3:1". dr. oetker is a well known brand in germany. there are several gelling sugars available. the "3:1" super gelling sugar already contains pectin and you only need 1/3 of sugar. if you can't get it, you could also use dr. oetker's 2:1 super gelling sugar (the use 300 g sugar). follow the instructions on the package.
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