fruit preserve

Spreadable cooked berries

A fruit preserve is fruit cooked with sugar to create a spreadable condiment, typically used on bread or toast.

The term covers jams, jellies, marmalades, and similar preparations.

What distinguishes preserves from jam is the presence of larger fruit pieces or whole fruits suspended in the gel: She made strawberry preserves from the summer harvest.

Related

spread · pectin · sugar · jar · mason jar · canning · shelf stable · strawberry · sweet · toast · bread and butter · breakfast · boiling · mason · orchard · harvest · farmers market · homemade

Opposites
preservation state

fruit preservefresh fruit

fresh produce · fresh berries · ripe fruit · fruit salad

food category

fruit preservemeat paste

Ground flesh spread

fish paste · anchovy paste · pâté · liver pâté · tapenade

Family

fruit, fruits, fruity, fruitful, fruitless, fruitfully, fruitfulness, fruiting, fruited

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G