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Blueberry-lime jam. Ideas?

6 years ago

I received a jar of this over the holidays and was wondering if any could help with some ideas for using it, besides on toast. I'm sure there are some creative things that it could be used for, but I'm stymied.

Thanks!

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cindy-6b/7a VA

6 years ago

Cut a sheet of puff pastry into squares. Place a large dollop of the jam in the center of each square. Pull up the corners, pinch together to create a well. Bake at 350 till golden brown.

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bragu_DSM 5
6 years ago
with ice cream ... or pancakes, or mix with cream cheese ....
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plllog
6 years ago
Fill a cake or pastry.

Glaze a chicken or other roast.

Pancakes or other fried breakfast carbs.

Spread on toast while building a roasted vegetable sandwich.

On top of cheese crepes.

Instead of ketchup on a hamburger sandwich.

In a smoothie.

As an treat instead of candy right off the spoon.

Color and flavor icing with it.

Freeze little drops of it and use them to cool, sweeten and flavor tea. Or stir it into tea straight if you're not trying to cool it, instead of honey.

Dip the frozen drops in batter and make fritters.

Make a sweet compound butter with some of the jam and some herbs like thyme or tarragon.

Make a glaze to improve tasteless/not-sweet Winter fruit.

Use thinned as the "sauce" for fruit or dessert pizza.

Did I mention lick it off a spoon?
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Olychick
Original Author
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
All good ideas, thanks. I think I'm looking more for a "recipe" of something to make with it...maybe a baked good or a savory use or?? The lime is kind of throwing me off, I think.

Eta; oops, I posted this before plllog's post showed up. Lots of things to consider. I had definitely thought of the spoon!
l pinkmountain
6 years ago
I make this kind of jam all the time. It's fab on cheese blintzes or crepes or french toast. You can put jam in muffins, for extra flavor. The America's Test Kitchen blueberry muffin recipe calls for blueberry jam. The recipe says to make it, pft, I just use store bought or already home made jam. They are good. The recipes say take a cup of berries and some sugar, and cook it down to 1/4 cup but I just put 1/4 cup of the jam straight in the muffins. Any good blueberry muffin recipe you like would work like this. Maybe slightly decrease the sugar content. And also add frozen or fresh berries too. It's a double hit of blueberry flavor, and the lime will make fab tasting muffins. You can google "blueberry jam muffins" for recipe ideas.
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ediej1209 AL Zn 7
6 years ago
Make thumbprint cookies? Years ago I made a batch of blueberry rosemary jam that came out better than I thought it would. I made jam tartlets with some of it. Or you could add some more berries to it and top a cheesecake.
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Olychick
Original Author
6 years ago
Okay, you've given me some GREAT ideas. Thank you!

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