Raspberry Preserves

For this tasting, we first needed to define the difference between jellies, jams, preserves, and fruit spreads. A jelly is a clear, bright mixture made from fruit juice, sugar, and often pectin or acid. A jam is a thick mixture of fruit and sugar that is cooked until the pieces of fruit are very soft and almost formless. Preserves are almost identical to jams, but preserves may cont... read more