Editing Gooseberry (section)

== Culinary uses ==
Gooseberries are edible and can be eaten raw, or cooked as an ingredient in desserts, such as [[pie]]s,<ref name=":0" /> [[fruit fool|fools]] and [[crumble]]s. Early pickings are generally sour and more appropriate for culinary use. This includes most supermarket gooseberries, which are often picked before fully ripe to increase shelf life.<ref name="Baynes" /> Gooseberries are also used to flavour beverages such as [[soft drink|sodas]], [[flavoured water]]s, or [[milk]], and can be made into [[fruit wine]]s and [[tea]]s. Gooseberries can be preserved in the form of [[fruit preserves|jams]], [[drying (food)|dried fruit]], as the primary or a secondary ingredient in [[pickling]], or stored in [[sugar syrup]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}  Pastry dishes often pair gooseberry with flavors such as [[hazelnut]], [[honey]], [[raspberry]], [[strawberry]], and [[white chocolate]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Boyle |first=Tish |title=Plating for Gold: A Decade of Desserts from the World and National Pastry Team Championships |date=2012 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-05984-5 |location=Hoboken, N.J |pages=30 |via=[[Perlego]]}}</ref>

===Nutrition===
Raw gooseberries are 88% water, 10% [[carbohydrate]]s, and 1% each of [[fat]] and [[protein (nutrient)|protein]].<ref name="fdc">{{cite web |title=Raw gooseberries per 100 grams |url=https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/173030/nutrients |publisher=FoodData Central, US Department of Agriculture |access-date=16 July 2024 |date=1 April 2019}}</ref> In a reference amount of {{cvt|100|g}}, raw gooseberries supply 44 [[calorie]]s and are a rich source of [[vitamin C]] (31% of the [[Daily Value]]), with no other [[micronutrient]]s in significant content.<ref name=fdc/>