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The Spicy Canned Ingredient You Need For The Greatest Adult PB&J
By Alia Ali
While PB&J hosts a classic combination of sweet jelly and savory peanut butter, adding a kick of heat with canned chipotles in adobo sauce will provide even more complexity.
Ashley Rouse, the founder of Trade Street Jam Co., mixes smoky chiles with strawberries, chipotles, and dried figs into a fruit jam for the ultimate adult PB&J.
You can find chipotle fruit jam in stores and online or make it at home by simmering chunks of fruit with a sweetener until it's broken down into a saucy texture.
To make a chipotle-spiked jam, add at least one chipotle pepper to the simmering fruit, depending on your spice tolerance.
For a chunkier mouthfeel, chop the pepper before adding it to the pot, or you can blend the jam afterward for a smooth texture.
Personalize your fruit jam by replacing the strawberries and figs with other fruits, like raspberries or stone fruits. Pomes like apples and pears will lend a gritty mouthfeel.
As long as the flavor of the fruits you're incorporating into the jam harmonizes with the chipotle, you're almost guaranteed a deliciously unique concoction.
You can substitute peanut butter for different nut butter varieties, such as a thick almond spread or mild cashew butter, to let the spicy fruit jam shine.