This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Ingredients. - Three pints of gooseberries, one-half pound of short crust, one-half pound of moist sugar.
Method. - With a pair of scissors cut off" the tops and tails of the gooseberries; put them into a deep pie-dish, pile the fruit high in the center, and put in the sugar; line the edge of the dish with short crust, put on the cover, and ornament the edges of the tart; bake in a good oven for about three-quarters of an hour, and before serving dredge with castor sugar.
 
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