How to make gooseberry sauce at home: a selection of seasonings recipes for meat or fish

For more than a decade, cutlets and chops are eaten with ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard or adjika. But sometimes you want something new. If you want to diversify your menu, start with the sauce. Cooked not from tomatoes, but from gooseberries, it will make the most familiar meat dish unusual and very tasty. Consider three interesting recipes.

Gooseberry Preparation

Sauces are cooked quickly and easily. The most difficult and tedious process is the preparation of berries. The right amount of gooseberry must be harvested from the bushes or bought. Then each berry needs to be cleared of tails, twigs and leaves.

Peeled berries should be rinsed well with cold water and dried. For all three recipes gooseberry is prepared equally.

Did you know? If you eat 100-120 g of these berries daily, then in 2-3 months you can significantly lower the level of cholesterol in the blood..

Recipe 1

This recipe is made from green and very sour gooseberries. The cooking method is very simple.

Kitchenware and appliances

For the green sauce the following devices are needed:

• capacity for stirring the sauce (pan or bowl);
• meat grinder;
• sterilized glass jars (you can half-liter);
• sterilized plastic lids for cans.

Familiarize yourself with the beneficial and harmful properties of gooseberry.

Ingredients

Products required for cooking green meat gravy:

• 700 g of green gooseberry with a very sour, astringent taste;
• 300 grams of garlic, peeled and washed;
• 50 g fresh dill;
• 50 g fresh cilantro or parsley;
• sugar to taste.

Did you know? The first to add gooseberries to soups and sauces were the French back in the 16th century..

Step-by-step recipe

1. All prepared ingredients are passed through a meat grinder.
2. The resulting mixture is thoroughly mixed.
3. We distribute the finished green paste into sterilized and already cooled jars. Tightly close the lids.
4. Put in the fridge.
5. When serving in the dish, you can add sugar.

We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the farming practices of growing such gooseberry varieties as “Consul”, “Krasnoslavyansky”, “Malakhit”, “Grushenka”, “Kolobok” and “Komandor”.

Recipe 2

This sweet and sour gooseberry dressing is prepared in a slow cooker. It can be served with meat and fish.

Kitchenware and appliances

This sauce assumes the presence of:

• multicookers;
• devices for multicooker: shovels and spoons;
• containers for serving dishes on the table (sauce dishes).

Ingredients

To gravy for meat turned out delicious, you need a lot of ingredients:

• gooseberry (1 kg);
• onion (400 g);
• Bulgarian pepper (1 pc.);
• garlic (1 clove);
• vegetable oil (2 tablespoons);
• water (40 ml);
• sugar (150 g);
• ground ginger (half a teaspoon) or any other spices to taste;
• Vinegar 6% (2 tablespoons);
• salt to taste;
• Cognac (1 tbsp. spoon).

Step-by-step recipe

1. Chop onions, peppers and garlic.
2. All products and spices are sent to the slow cooker.
3. Select the "jam" mode, set the timer for 30 minutes.
4. If desired, interrupt the sauce with a blender.
5. Add greens to the finished dish, pour it into the sauce-pot and serve it on the table.

Recipe 3

This is a variant of tkemali sauce. The classic Georgian tkemali is made from very sour plums of the same name. We will cook it from gooseberry, and it will be no less tasty.

Kitchenware and appliances

• Saucepan for berry puree.
• Sieve or colander with small holes.
• Stewpan for sauce.
• Blender.
• Spatula, spoon.
• Glass jar for storage.

You will probably be interested to read about how to pickle gooseberries at home.

Ingredients

• Gooseberry puree (0.5 liters).
• Mint, marjoram, cilantro (leaves and flowers).
• Hot peppers to taste.
• Garlic (3 cloves).
• Sugar (1 teaspoon).

Important! The longer the berries are on the fire, the less nutrients they will remain.

Step-by-step recipe

1. Make mashed potatoes. Pour the berries into the pan, pour the water so that it covers the bottom. Bring to a boil and cook under the lid for 30-40 minutes. We grind the prepared mass through a sieve or colander.
2. In a saucepan with mashed potatoes pour the leaves and flowers, pepper and garlic.
3. Blender bring the mixture to a uniform consistency.
4. Put on the fire and bring to a boil.
5. Add sugar, stir, remove from heat.
6. Pour ready tkemali into a jar for storage or in a saucepan for serving.

We advise you to familiarize yourself with the recipes for wintering cherries, sea buckthorn, viburnum, chokeberry, apricots, hawthorn, cranberries, bell peppers, zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage and onions.

What else can you add

As can be seen from these recipes, gooseberry sauce will acquire new flavoring colors, if, in addition to the main ingredients (berries and garlic), add additional components:

• herbs (dill, parsley, cilantro, mint, marjoram);
• vegetables (onions, hot pepper and Bulgarian);
• spices (salt, sugar, ginger);
• liquid components (vegetable oil, vinegar, brandy).

Try changing the ingredients in the berry dressing, and the result will pleasantly surprise you.

Important! Adding herbs and spices to the sauce should not overdo it so as not to spoil the taste..

Where best to store the sauce

To sauce not spoiled, it must be in a cool place. It can be eaten immediately after preparation, and can be stored for a long time as a billet for the winter. Hermetically sealed in sterilized jars, it will stand in the refrigerator for a whole year.

Preparing meat sauce for one of these recipes, you will give traditional dishes a non-traditional taste and enjoy the new taste sensations.

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