12 Ways to Use Freeze-Dried Jam
Jam on toast is the obvious one. But the handy part is the powder. You can mix it thick, mix it thin, or skip the water and stir it straight into something else.
It's made with REAL fruit, and freeze-drying uses cold and a vacuum instead of heat. That's why it holds on to more of the fruit's flavor and nutrition than drying with heat does.
A sealed bag keeps up to 25 years on the shelf, so it's there whenever you want it. Here are 12 ways to use it.
1. On bread
The classic. Mix equal parts powder and water, stir, and spread. Strawberry is hard to beat here.
2. In yogurt
Stir 1 to 2 tablespoons of powder into a cup of plain yogurt. No water needed. Try it with Raspberry.
3. As syrup
Mix one part powder with two parts water and stir until smooth. Pour it over pancakes, waffles, or ice cream. Blueberry on pancakes is a good place to start.
4. In smoothies
Add a couple of tablespoons of powder straight into the blender with everything else.
5. As pastry filling
Mix the powder with just enough water to make a thick paste. Spoon it into the dough before baking. Our jam thumbprint cookies use it this way.
6. On ice cream
Stir the powder right into a bowl of vanilla.
7. In salad dressing
Shake the powder with olive oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Blackberry works well on a green salad.
8. In overnight oats
Stir the powder into your oats before they go in the fridge. Breakfast is ready when you wake up.
9. With cream cheese
Blend it into softened cream cheese. Spread it on bagels or toast, or use it as a dip.
10. In baking
Mix the powder straight into muffin, cake, or quick bread batter. Rhubarb muffins are worth a try.
11. In water or tea
Stir a teaspoon of powder into a glass of water or a cup of hot tea.
12. As a glaze for meat
Mix the powder with water, olive oil, and your favorite herbs and spices. Brush it on pork, chicken, or ham. Plum and pork go together.
A few things to know
- The powder keeps on the shelf. Once you add water, keep it in the fridge.
- Mix only what you need. A spoonful for toast, a bowl for a recipe.
- You can blend flavors. Mix two powders and make your own.
- Freeze-drying preserves more of the fruit's nutrition than heat drying does, along with the flavor.
Pick your flavors
Not sure where to start? The Sample Pack is three cups, and you pick the flavors. Or shop all six and stock the pantry.
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Sources
- Study comparing freeze-drying and hot-air drying of blueberries, tart cherries, strawberries, and cranberries (2018). PubMed record 29751916.