Texture
A jam will have a sticky, spreadable consistency whereas you’d find a chutney to be more spoonable.
What does this all mean for our chilli jams?
Well our chilli jams contain a combination of fruit (chillies), sugar, pectin and vinegar. Having the addition of vinegar to our recipes means that you could say it goes into the chutney territory and therefore not a jam. However, we do not add any other flavours such as spices or dried ingredients, making the chillies the hero of the product. When it comes to the texture, we feel the texture of our chilli jam is jam-like, where it is spreadable and sticky rather than like a chutney.
Like a chutney, our chilli jams are delicious paired with savoury food, served as a condiment on the side of your plate, accompanying a cheeseboard or added to a sandwich / toastie. Therefore, when people ask us how to use them, we often start with suggestions that a chutney would traditionally be used for.