Tips On Preparing Gourmet Jams

Gourmet jams are prepared skillfully from high quality foods that contain ingredients that are exotic. They are meant to be a treat for your taste buds as well as to keep the body healthy and in shape. There are special chefs who understand the art behind putting them together and below are some examples of the types available and their methods of preparation.


To make a jam from passion fruit and pineapple, one would require having pineapples, pulp from passion fruit, ground nutmeg, cinnamon, sugar and allspice. The recipe is always simple but the tricky part is the timing which requires some skill. It would come in handy when deciding the time taken to cook and simmer the mixture. You should also avoid letting it burn as it should not have that burnt taste.

When it cooks to the consistency desired, it should be removed from the heating equipment. After that the cooling should be allowed for a reasonable amount of time. Once it cools off it ought to be stored in glass jars that are clean.

Chilli jam is the next type of gourmet one may consider making although it is not a fruit jam but it is still considered as one. It requires onions and garlic to be sauteed until they become transparent. The chillies should then have their seeds removed and tops cut off before they are added to the mixture. It is then cooked until they become soft.

Fish sauce and some tamarind paste mixed together with sugar should then be poured on the cooking mixture. When it simmers for some minutes, it should be cooled and then placed into a food processor that would then blend it forming a consistency named jam. It should then be stored safely for future use in jars.

Another type that would be easy to make at home is fruit salad jam. This would require a number of fruits namely banana, pineapple, kiwi, apple, pomegranate, papaya and grapefruit. Sugar is mandatory in any instant of making jam. The combined fruits should then be cooked to a thick consistency as the desire would be.

Immediately it cools down, it should be stored in clean containers and sealed. It could be stored in the refrigerator if there is one available. One may experiment with adding various fruits or vegetables to come up with more types. The only limitation to adding the ingredients would be the quality of the raw materials and your skill in preparing the jam.

All the above methods are very instrumental in preparation of gourmet jams for either home use or for commercial purposes. These types of homemade jam offer a cheap way of enjoying it without buying the expensive brands produced by the various industries thereby saving lots of money. They are also healthy and safe for human consumption as no chemical is added to them during the time of making them. Having no chemicals in them is great as it reduces chances of getting diseases like cancer and they are easily digested. The skill could also be developed into a profit making venture.