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Old 03/14/14, 12:34 PM
 
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Low sugar or healthy ideas for lots of gooseberries?

I have about 50-70 lbs of gooseberries in the freezer. And will be getting more and more each summer, so need some recipe ideas!

I can make pies and jelly, but the amount of sugar required means I don't plan to be eating too much of these.

Any ideas for "healthy" gooseberry recipes?
I'd consider ripping them out if they weren't by far the hardiest and least disease prone berry crop I grow.
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Old 03/14/14, 03:33 PM
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try googling gooseberry recipes
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Old 03/14/14, 04:37 PM
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Lucky to have a nice crop of them. If you take away the pastry/jam/jelly type of thing, you could still use them with stevia and make sauce, like applesauce except with the berries, instead. You might also use them with a sweeter berry or fruit so you wouldn't need to sweeten the gooseberries so much. If you are cutting back on sugar, you'll soon notice you don't like things as sweet as they were, anyway, and that might make them easier to cook with.

Good luck! It's a nice problem to have.
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