To make apricot jam, choose ripe fruit. Macerate them overnight with the sugar. Give a unique flavor to the jam by adding the almonds of the apricots.
To make cherry jam, immediately cook the pitted fruit with jam sugar. It is also possible to macerate the cherries with the sugar before cooking. Do not hesitate to add vanilla, spices or kirsch to the preparation.
To make quince jam, the fruits previously cooked in boiling water are mashed. Then cook the latter with the sugar. Add a vanilla bean split in half and the juice of one lemon to give more flavor to the jam.
To prepare a good fig jam, prefer fresh figs. Let the fruit macerate with the sugar for at least 1 hour before cooking them. You can also add spices: vanilla, cinnamon, star anise ...
To prepare strawberry jam, choose medium-sized, ripe and not soft fruits. Use crystal, cane, palm or even beet sugar. Add basil, rose petals, pepper and ginger or mint to enhance the taste of the preparation.
To prepare mirabelle plum jam, macerate the pitted fruits with granulated sugar for 6 hours. Cook the jam with a vanilla pod split in half and the juice of one lemon. Aromatic plants and spices can flavor the preparation.
To make peach jam, choose fruit that is very ripe, but not too damaged. Add an apple, citrus seeds or quince cores in your preparation so that it is well gelled. Do not hesitate to use herbs (thyme, rosemary ...) or spices (cinnamon, vanilla ...) to flavor your jam.
To make plum jam, let the fruit macerate for at least 2 hours with sugar and a vanilla bean. Add 1 teaspoon of baking soda per 3 kg of plums during cooking to prevent the jam from being acidic.
To make homemade orange jam, remove the seeds and white skin to prevent it from getting bitter. Add a few zest previously boiled during cooking to add texture to the jam.