Jam: -
Jam is a sweet, thick and spreadable fruit preserve that is made by cooking of the crushed or chopped fruits with sugar until the mixture becomes soft, glossy and gel-like. Jam is basically a type of gel that is sweet in taste and can have a thick texture. Jam is made with the real or original fruits. The fruits can be peeled and chopped into very small pieces and then these small pieces can be mixed with sugar syrup and the pieces of fruits can be mixed and blended with the sugar syrup and these pieces can be mixed and blended continuously until the fruits can be blended completely and can make the gel. This is the one of the oldest and most popular ways to preserve fruits, that allow us to enjoy their taste, aroma and nutrients even when they are out of season.
The taste of the jam is sweet that can be made from the natural sweetness of the fruits. Jam is available to us in fully cooked form which means we do not have to do anything with jam like the heating and the boiling it is available in fully cooked form. Whenever we feel hungry and we don't have time to cook anything then the jam is the perfect solution because jam has the natural taste of all the fruits and can be eaten with the bread. So, whenever we feel hungry and does not have the time to cook food then bread jam is the best thing that we can eat and it can be delicious in the taste, have the capacity to fulfill our hunger and need no time in the preparations. Jam can be loved by millions of people worldwide because of its natural sweetness, vibrant color, fruity flavor and versatile use in breakfast, baking, desserts and snacks.
Types of Jams: -
Jam is not of the single type, but a wide variety and the flavor of the jam is very popular worldwide
Mixed Fruit Jam: -
As it already clears from its name that mixed fruit jam is a jam in which multiple fruits can be mixed. This jam is not based in single fruit but the combination of various fruits is used to make this type of jam. From all those fruits which are used to make the mixed fruit jam some are very sweet, some are sour and some are of tangy flavor that's why the flavor of mixed fruit jam is more sweet and little tangy. By combining the multiple fruits together in the mixed fruit jam can be used for creating complex layer flavor. For the preparation of mixed fruit jam we can take the wide variety of fruits like apple, mango, papaya, banana, pineapple, grapes and many other fruits also. All these fruits can be blend together and can be cooked with the sugar to balance the taste of the jam. The flavours of all the fruits can be merge into a unique taste that does not resemble with the flavor of any single fruit. The unique taste of this merging fruits can be used to create an entirely new profile for the mixed fruit jam whose flavor does not resemble with any single fruit.
Single Fruit Jam: -
Single fruit jam is a type of jam that can be prepared from a single variety of fruit. There is no any other variety of fruit that can be mixed in this single fruit jam. This fruit jam can be made only from single variety of fruit. It is the most common type of fruit jam that is basically used to highlight the natural flavor of that particular fruit. We can use any variety of the fruit to make jam from it. This jam is prepared by washing, peeling, slicing, cutting and chopping of a particular fruit who has a unique flavor and unique taste. When any particular fruit is chopped then that particular fruit is mixed with sugar, pectin and acid. With these things the single fruit jam is being prepared. In the single fruit jam flavor, the color of all the jams is very different because as the color of all the fruits is different, taste and flavor of all the fruits are different, similarly the color, flavor and taste of all the jams made from these fruits are also very different. These types of jam is not only used to eat directly but these types of jams is used in various desserts and various milkshakes also. There are various fruits that are used to make the jam, such types of fruits are: -
- Strawberry Jam
- Mango Jam
- Pineapple jam
- Apple Jam
- Grape Jam
Chunky Jam: -
Chunky Jam is also a type of jam which is very similar to the other types of jams which is made from the different types of fruits. Chunky jam is a combination of single fruit jam and the mixed fruit jam which means this jam is available in both versions. The all the characteristics and features of chunky jam is very similar to the other jam but the only difference between chunky jam and the other jam is that the pieces of the fruits if visible in chunky jam whereas the other jam is in the form of thick paste in which no single piece of the fruit is visible and nor it comes in the taste while eating. While the preparation of the chunky fruit jam the fruit or the fruits that can be used in the cooking of this jam, that particular fruit can be washed, peeled, sliced and chopped into smaller pieces and then that small pieces can be blend completely to make the jam but after all this process some large pieces of that fruit can be added in the jam that can be remain intact even after cooking. The large pieces of the fruit in the jam gives the natural and homemade feel and it also add the texture in the jam that can be feel while eating the jam. The chunks of the fruit in the jam add on the flavor of the jam in the dish in which the jam is being used.
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