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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 5:46 pm    Post subject: Super sour Gooseberry ideas please. Reply with quote
I just retrieved a couple of bags of red summer fruiting gooseberries from the freezer to make a crumble. They've had the same quantity of sugar to stop them taking the enamel off my teeth. There are still some more bags left....
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some people put a little bicarb in to take the sourness away
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
If appropriate, try http://goodfood.uktv.co.uk/recipe/gooseberry-chutney/
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
That chutney sounds really good. A purée of gooseberries, slightly sweetened, goes very well with mackerel, I find.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Super sour Gooseberry ideas please. Reply with quote
tippben wrote:
I just retrieved a couple of bags of red summer fruiting gooseberries from the freezer to make a crumble. They've had the same quantity of sugar to stop them taking the enamel off my teeth. There are still some more bags left....


Mix them with an appropriate amount of sugar to make a loose jam and use it in plain yoghurt. If you have to add a lot of sugar the yogurt will balance that out as well as softening the acidity.
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