Mrs Beetons Puddings and Desserts Revisited
To Make Gooseberry Fool
Green Gooseberries
To every 600ml (1 pint) of Pulp add:
600ml (1 pint) Milk or 285ml (½ pint) Cream and 285ml (½ pint) Milk
Moist Sugar [Soft Brown Sugar], to taste
Cut the tops and tails off the gooseberries.
Put into a jar, with 2 tablespoonfuls of water and a little moist sugar [soft brown sugar].
Place the jar in a saucepan of boiling water and let it boil until the fruit is soft enough to mash.
When done, beat to a pulp, work this pulp through a colander.
Stir into each 600ml (1 pint) the milk or equal quantities of milk and cream.
Taste that it is sweet enough and add plenty of sugar or it will not be eatable.
Mix the milk and gooseberries, adding very gradually, serve in a glass dish or in small glasses.
This, although a very old fashioned and homely dish, is, when well made, very delicious and if properly sweetened, a very suitable preparation for children.
Time: From ¾ to 1 hour.
Sufficient: A pint of milk and a pint of gooseberry pulp for 5 or 6 children.
Seasonable in May and June.
TO MAKE GOOSEBERRY FOOL
1433. INGREDIENTS - Green gooseberries; to every pint of pulp add 1 pint of milk, or 1/2 pint of cream and 1/2 pint of milk; sugar to taste.
Mode - Cut the tops and tails off the gooseberries; put them into a jar, with 2 tablespoonfuls of water and a little good moist sugar; set this jar in a saucepan of boiling water, and let it boil until the fruit is soft enough to mash. When done enough, beat it to a pulp, work this pulp through a colander, and stir to every pint the above proportion of milk, or equal quantities of milk and cream. Ascertain if the mixture is sweet enough, and put in plenty of sugar, or it will not be eatable; and in mixing the milk and gooseberries, add the former very gradually to these: serve in a glass dish, or in small glasses. This, although a very old-fashioned and homely dish, is, when well made, very delicious, and, if properly sweetened, a very suitable preparation for children.
Time - From 3/4 to 1 hour.
Average cost, 6d. per pint, with milk.
Sufficient - A pint of milk and a pint of gooseberry pulp for 5 or 6 children.
Seasonable in May and June.
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