Jammin' Time

Are you starting to think about Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations?  Are you racking your brain for fabulous gifts and party food ideas?  Look no further, Brouwer Berries' jams and preserves will delight your friends and family, and enhance your holiday parties in a uniquely flavorful way!

You can benefit from the fun I had this fall experimenting with new recipes, and filling dozens of jars with pure strawberry jam and interesting strawberry combinations.  I use only Pomona's Universal Pectin, so each jar has a minimum of sugar, allowing the flavors of the fruit to burst forth exquisitely.  The ingredient list on each jar tells the story -- except for Grandma's Sweet Strawberry, every jar has more fruit than sugar.

I'll be at the Clara City Craft Sale on Saturday, November 2, from 9-4, with samples of each kind.    You can get individual jars for $5.00 each, or buy 10, get 2 free, of mix 'n match flavors. 

Strawberry:  The fabulous taste of  MN strawberries is captured in these preserves made from strawberries fresh from our field.  We use calcium instead of sugar to thicken our preserves, so every bite is bursting with health and flavor.  Mix it with yogurt, top off your ice cream, or slather it on your toast, waffles, muffins or scones.

Strawberry-Cranberry:Tart cranberries add a tangy explosion to these flavorful preserves that will cause your sun-starved salivary glands to kick into high gear.  Set this on your Thanksgiving or Christmas buffet table as a fun alternative  to plain cranberry sauce.  Use after the party on turkey sandwiches, roasted or baked turkey, roasted or grilled vegetables, tossed into a salad, or on toast. 

Grandma’s Sweet Strawberry:  Summer delight is captured in this old-fashioned recipe for strawberry jam just like

Grandma used to make it. Mix it with yogurt, top off your ice cream, or spread it on your toast. 

Strawberry-Jalapeno: Try some ‘heat with the sweet’ on your grilled meat, or tease your taste buds with crackers, cream cheese, and our Strawberry-Jalapeno Preserves!  Spoon it over mahi-mahi, swordfish or chicken and oven bake it. Melt it and brush it over fish or meats as a glaze just before pulling it off the grill. Spoon it over a block of soft goat cheese as an appetizer.  Make it into a grilled cheese sandwich and call it a Jamwich. You may not want to spread this jam on your morning toast or drizzle it over a buttered biscuit. Then again, you may:)

Strawberry-Rhubarb Tangy on your taste-buds, this delightful combination is only for people who grew up in the North and have developed a taste for the piquancy of rhubarb!  Spread it on toast, top off a waffle, or eat it straight out of the jar for a trip down memory lane.

Strawberry-Chocolate: Creamy and rich, the chocolate enhances the strawberry to a burst of satisfying flavor.  Use as an ice-cream topping, dessert spread, or on anything you eat for breakfast, just so that you can start your day in a healthy way, with chocolate. 

Strawberry-Peach: Sweet, juicy peaches mingle with the strawberries in this delicious concoction, while a hint of cinnamon kicks up the flavor factor to a fantastic level. Delectable!  This recipe has so little sugar that it could practically be eaten straight out of the jar and called a fruit serving!

Raspberry: Delight your senses with a taste of our fantastic, raspberry spread.  Rich and tangy with a perfect balance of sweetness, it enhances everything from toast to ice cream to poultry to pork.