Sort the gooseberries, wash and drain. Put together with the fruit juice, sugar, cinnamon, lemon zest and lemon juice in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Let the whole thing simmer over a moderate heat for about 5 - 6 minutes. Then mix a little cornstarch with a little water and lightly bind the gooseberries with it.
Fill the gooseberry groats into glasses and let them cool. Garnish with fresh gooseberries, whipped and sweetened cream and sprigs of herbs and serve.
You can pickle gooseberries of any kind and varying degrees of ripeness, but I like ripe (red) gooseberries more. Pickled gooseberries are very tasty combined with meat and poultry. Ingredients For 9 half-liter cans: Gooseberry – about 2.8 kg Cherry Leave...