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Breakfast ideas with jam and preserves

Jam and preserves bring variety to breakfast: on a bread roll, stirred into yoghurt and porridge, spread on pancakes, or layered fruitily in a jar. With twelve varieties of FRUCHTSTOFF, each containing 67% fruit and 10% honey, you can put together a new breakfast every day.

The classic: bread rolls, toast and bread

A fresh bread roll with butter and jam remains unbeatable. For variety, try these combinations: Strawberry on toast with cream cheese, Apricot on brioche plait or croissant, Blackcurrant on a rye roll with butter. If you choose bolder varieties, you can go easy on the butter.

Yoghurt, quark and muesli

One or two teaspoons of jam stirred into natural yoghurt or quark replace ready-made fruit yoghurt, letting you pick the fruit flavour yourself. Add oats and nuts and it becomes a muesli. It goes particularly well Raspberry with yoghurt, Forest Fruit with quark and Mango and passion fruit with Greek yoghurt.

For those who like to prepare ahead, overnight oatsare ideal: mix oats with milk or yoghurt the evening before, then stir in a spoonful of jam in the morning.

Warm: porridge, pancakes and waffles

Warm porridge gets a special touch with a spoonful of Plum or Sour Cherry in autumn and winter. Pancakes, crêpes, waffles and quark fritters can be spread or filled with jam. Here's a recipe for that: Pancake Rolls with Raspberry.

Breakfast in a jar and on the go

Layered in a jar, yoghurt, jam and crunchy muesli make lovely little breakfast desserts that can be prepared the evening before. For a lunchbox, jam sandwiches with cream cheese or cottage cheese work well. A 200-gram jar of FRUCHTSTOFF is enough for many servings.

Breakfast as a gift and for guests

For a brunch, it's worth serving several varieties in small bowls so everyone can choose according to taste. If you'd like to give breakfast as a gift, you'll find ideas in the Giving Jam as a Gift.

Bringing variety to bread with jam

Jam can be combined with cheese, nuts and spices. Wholegrain bread with cream cheese, walnuts and a dollop of blackcurrant tastes savoury-fruity. A croissant with butter and apricot, a crispbread with quark and raspberry, or a raisin roll with plum and a pinch of cinnamon offer further variations that can be prepared in a minute.

If you like it sweet, spread the jam on a piece of brioche plait. If you like it savoury, try Brie with redcurrant on toast. You'll find more on savoury combinations in the guide Jam with Cheese.

Breakfast by season

In spring and summer, fresh berries suit jam perfectly: yoghurt with strawberries and a spoonful of strawberry jam makes a light breakfast. In autumn and winter, plum, morello cherry and forest fruit bring warmth to porridge, along with a pinch of cinnamon. A weekend brunch also benefits from a small selection served in bowls.

For families with children, a breakfast buffet is a great option: roll halves, cream cheese, butter and several varieties of jam. Everyone assembles their own roll. This turns breakfast into a shared experience.

Three quick recipes for the morning

• Raspberry yoghurt jar: 150 g natural yoghurt, 1 tbsp raspberry jam, 2 tbsp oats or crunchy muesli.
• Apricot porridge: bring 50 g oats and 250 ml milk to the boil, stir in 1 tbsp apricot jam.
• Strawberry cream cheese toast: spread toast with cream cheese, add 1 tsp strawberry jam, sprinkle with flaked almonds if you like.

Varieties to get you started

Which variety suits which bread and which spread is explained in the variety guide. You'll find all varieties in the fruit spread category. If you love honey at breakfast too, you'll find the right variety in the Honey guide .

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