TOP 10 Gooseberry Recipes
All delicious ways to use up your garden gooseberries
1. Gooseberry Nectarine Galette
You can call me the pastry lady after this Gooseberry Nectarine Galette. I am always hunting new recipes and I have finally found my favorite Fall galette. With tangy, yellow gooseberry and nectarines, the sweetness just explodes from this pie. Enjoy yours served warm with scoops of ice cream and…
Ingredients for Gooseberry Nectarine Galette:
FOR THE FRUITY FILLING:
200g Gooseberries
4 Nectarines
3 tbsp Muscovado sugar
1 Lemon zest
1 Egg yolks
1 tbsp ButterFOR THE FLAKY CRUST:
200g All-purpose flour
¼ tsp Nectarines
2 tsp Sugar
105g Butter
80ml Ice Water
2. Gooseberry Fool
Gooseberry Fool is one of those classic British desserts. Don’t be fooled by the name – there is nothing stupid about a dessert which combines gooseberries, yogurt, sugar, vanilla and cream! Start by heating the gooseberries in a pot with some sugar and water. When the gooseberries have softened, crush…
Ingredients for Gooseberry Fool:
250g Gooseberries
3 tbsp Caster sugar
2 tbsp Water
200g Greek yogurt
1-2 tbsp Icing sugar
1 tsp Vanilla extract
200ml Double cream
3. Easy Gooseberry Apple Crumble
This Gooseberry Apple Crumble is hands down one of my favorite summer desserts. It brings back childhood memories of visiting my grandma who always had gooseberry bushes in her garden. To make this crumble, start by breaking …
Ingredients for Easy Gooseberry Apple Crumble:
8 Apples
150 g Gooseberries
200 g Caster sugar
300 g All-purpose flour
150 g Salted butter
3 tbsp Sugar
4. Gooseberry Ice Cream
You will absolutely love this Gooseberry Ice Cream if you decide to make it this summer. When we moved into our house, the first things I bought to plant in the garden were some gooseberry bushes. I love gooseberries and they can be so hard to get in stores, but…
Ingredients for Gooseberry Ice Cream:
300 g Gooseberries
50 g Caster sugar
300 ml Heavy cream
Confectioners’ sugar
5. Gooseberry Frangipane Tart
This Gooseberry Frangipane Tart is a perfect sweet treat in my opinion. It has a sweetened shortcrust pastry base, topped with nutty frangipane with gooseberries squished into it to ensure every bite is juicy and delicious. This tart has 3 different stages, but it is not hard to make. Start…
Ingredients for Gooseberry Frangipane Tart:
FOR THE PASTRY
1 ¾ cup Plain flour
⅔ cup Unsalted butter
1 Eggs
10 tsp Caster sugar
a pinch Salt
1 tbsp MilkFOR THE FRANGIPANE
½ cup Coconut oil
½ cup Caster sugar
1 cup ground Almonds
2 Eggs
10 g Plain flour
1 tsp Almond extract
1-2 tsp Rose water
7 oz GooseberriesFOR THE GLAZE
a few tbsp Gooseberry jam
2 tbsp Water
6. Gooseberry and Strawberry Galette
I love all sorts of berries and that is why this Gooseberry and Strawberry Galette can be found in one of my favorite kitchen recipe books. When in season I just love to make this scrumptious pie. A delicious treat that can be enjoyed warm and toasted, curled up in…
Ingredients for Gooseberry and Strawberry Galette:
FOR THE PASTRY:
200g All-purpose flour
1 heaped tbsp Confectioners’ sugar
pinch Salt
120g (1 stick) Butter
1 Egg yolks
50ml MilkFOR THE FILLING:
200g Gooseberries
200g Strawberries
75 g Confectioners’ sugar
2 tbsp Caster sugar
1 Lemon zest
3 tbsp ground Almonds
1 Egg whites
7. Gooseberry Coconut Cake
This Gooseberry Coconut Cake recipe is a deliciously moist cake which combines two fab flavors – gooseberry and coconut! I love to make this cake when I’m going to visit friends or family. It always goes down a treat! It’s a good cake to bake the day before too because…
Ingredients for Gooseberry Coconut Cake:
200g Butter
200g Caster sugar
100g Coconut
225g Self-rising flour
1 tsp Baking powder
100g Yogurt
4 Large eggs
½ tsp Salt
350g GooseberriesFOR THE COCONUT TOPPING
25g Coconut
1 tbsp Caster sugar
1 tbsp Butter
8. Gooseberry and Chamomile Jam
Gooseberry and Chamomile Jam that you just have to try! I love to make my own condiments and especially in berry season, you can always find jars of this tasteful jam around my kitchen. I really enjoy this with a slice of buttered toast and this sweet and herbal jam…
Ingredients for Gooseberry and Chamomile Jam:
1 ½ kg Gooseberries
50ml Lemon juice
3 tea bags Dried chamomile flowers
1kg Granulated sugar
9. Gooseberry and Ginger Chutney
Can I recommend that you make a batch of this Gooseberry and Ginger Chutney at the end of the summer and then eat it right through the fall? I have one lone gooseberry bush in my garden which produces just enough berries each year for this chutney. Lucky for me!…
Ingredients for Gooseberry and Ginger Chutney:
1 lb Gooseberries
8 oz Onion
1 cup Wine vinegar
1 lb Caster sugar
1 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Ginger
½ tsp Cayenne pepper
10. Grilled Mackerel with Pickled Gooseberry Ketchup
This Grilled Mackerel with Pickled Gooseberry Ketchup is a dish I like to make as an appetizer when I have guests for dinner. It’s a fresh combination of ingredients and flavors and the pickled gooseberries cut through the oiliness of the mackerel deliciously! If I’m cooking this for a crowd,…
Ingredients for Grilled Mackerel with Pickled Gooseberry Ketchup:
2 fresh Mackerel
1 tsp Sea salt
2 tbsp DillFOR THE PICKLED GOOSEBERRY KETCHUP
150ml White wine vinegar
2 tbsp golden Caster sugar
1 tsp Sea salt
4 Juniper berries
1 tsp black Mustard seed
3 Black peppercorns
1 Bay leaf
150g Gooseberries
½ Cucumber
1 tbsp Olive oil
1 pinch Fennel seeds
1 Onion
1 green Apples
1 clove Garlic
1 Green Hot chilli pepper
1 tsp Brown sugar
100g Yogurt