Jam Pairings: Creative Combinations with Cheeses, Breads, and Desserts

Homemade jams are very colorful and diverse with various flavors and tastes. Every housewife has her secrets when cooking her homemade jam. We are used to eating jams with toast, but they can be eaten with meat, cheese, cakes, ice cream or other ingredients and desserts. We would like to present a variety of ingredients with which jams can be combined.

1. Homemade Jam Pairing with Cheese

Cheese is the best product to pair with jam. Cheese jam pairings are quite popular. Jam is sweet and sometimes sour, therefore, jam goes very well with alkaline cheeses.

• Goat Cheese and Apricot Jam: The goat cheese has a creamy consistency and goes well with sweet apricot jam. This is the perfect combination that goes well with breakfast.

• Strawberry Jam Pairings and Camembert Cheese: soft and creamy, cow’s milk Camembert cheese is the perfect combination with sweet strawberry jam. Serve the jam on the top of the Camembert cheese slice.

• Feta and Apple Jam: Semi soft and crumbly Feta cheese pairs perfectly with the sweet and sour apple jam. Tastes good with black bread, Feta cheese and apple jam.

• Gouda and Orange Jam: Mild to sharp flavor and taste is perfect with sour-sweet and bitter orange jam. Tastes good with a white roll or bread.

• What Jam Goes with Cheddar Cheese: Typically sweet strawberry or raspberry jam would be a perfect match for the Cheddar cheese. 

2. Eat Jam with Bread

Bread and especially white bread consumed with jam could be a delicious dish. You can combine it with tea or milk. It is very important to choose the right bread. White bread is better with the jams than rye, dark bread.

• White Wheat Bread and Apricot Jam Pairings: The delicate flavor of white bread is a perfect match for the sweet and sour taste of peach jam. Such a combination, white wheat bread and apricot or peach jams is one of the best.

• Strawberry Jam with the Wheat Brioche: Buttery-sweet taste of brioche combined with the sweet and aromatic strawberry jam is a great combination for lovers of sweet tastes. Such a combination can be perfect for a luxurious breakfast.

• Orange Jam with Dark Bread: The bitter taste of black rye bread combined with the sour-sweet jam with oranges can be the perfect match for a winter dinner.

• Best Jam for Cheese and Crackers: It depends what flavours do you prefer but typically the best jam with cheese and crackers would be apricot or lemon jam. Fig jam and crackers would also be a perfect match.

3. What Dessert is the best with Jams

Jams are also perfect if we want to eat them with various desserts.

• Pineapple Ice Cream and Blueberry Jam: Sweet blueberry jam and sour pineapple ice cream can work wonders, especially on a hot day.

• Cheesecake and Cherry Jam: Sweet cheesecake and cherry jam are the perfect combination especially if the cheesecake has some vanilla flavours in it.

• Lemon Cake and Strawberry Jam: The bitterly sour and sweet taste of lemon cake will be a good combination with strawberry jam especially on a long winter evening with friends or family.

• Pancakes and Orange Jam: You can stuff pancakes with orange jam, or you can eat pancakes with the jam. In any case, dessert will be a great addition to a nice evening by the fireplace. 

Finally, it should be added that jams are a universal product and can be eaten sweet or even with meat. Bacon jam pairings could be an interesting experience. It all depends on your imagination.