Inspiration
Nama Confitures
Colorfully delicious jamsFruit, sugar, and a spoonful of audacity!
More than simply adding sugar to strawberries, what makes Nathalie tick is reinventing jams through new, unexpected mixes.
Unrestrained, unbridled, deliciously jarred, the artisanal jams made by Nama Confitures catch you off-guard with their intense flavor.
Every Sunday morning at the farmers market, among the many booths lining Old Town’s cobblestone streets, the colorful jars stand out.
The many jams, jellies, marmalades, with their wide variety of original flavors, have won over the now very loyal customers. Gault & Millau also plans to list them in this year’s guidebook, great recognition for such creative expertise.
With these amazing results, Nama Confitures can stand tall next to the name brand rivals who, perfectly stacked on supermarket shelves, lack a bit of imagination.
Our taste buds needed no more convincing to learn more about the secret behind Nama Confitures unique imagination.
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Making jams is something that Nathalie, aka Nama Confitures (who has always loved to cook and share with others), knows like the back of her hand. A copper cauldron, the key element to any successful artisanal jam, evenly cooks the precious nectar, which simmers under Nathalie’s watchful yet mischievous eye, as she applies a technique that requires just the right balance of tradition and creativity.
While the brand offers, of course, classic flavors like apricot and strawberry, Nathalie wholeheartedly admits that she likes to experiment, letting her imagination run wild as she concocts the most unexpected flavors. Standing there alone, just her and her cauldron, when the moment comes to mix ingredients, she likes to improvise, following in the footsteps of where instinct and intuition lead her.
Always on the lookout for new experiences, she dares to dream up unexpected mixes full of subtlety and flavor, creations that awaken your taste buds.
“My goal is to be different,” Nathalie explains. Zesty, sweet, spicy, sweet and sour, full-bodied… with more than sixty products, including olive-tomato-thyme, strawberry-café, strawberry-Timut pepper, sweet potato-vanilla-cinnamon, and even apple-ginger, there is more than enough to throw even the most refined palates off balance.
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Nathalie just released a collection of twelve new jams named after the signs of the Zodiac, made with fruits that flourish during each sign’s period of the year in order to capture the essence of the season. All are inspired by the archetype, temperament, character traits, and colors of each sign.
Capricorn, the first in the series, is a clementine marmalade that will reamin available until stock runs out, followed by “Verseau” (Aquarius), whose ingredients have not yet been made public.
It all starts by carefully selecting the ingredients, fruit ripened to perfection, and high-quality sugar. This requires going to the market every Tuesday morning. Nathalie lets inspiration guide her, and when she returns home, she starts making jams, putting them in jars, and labeling each one.
She never seems to stay idle. After long hours spent making everything, she needs to prepare for every Sunday’s farmers market, as well as many other local festivals and events where she displays her products.
You can find Nathalie on Sunday mornings at the farmers market in Old Town, right near Pont Morens Bridge. She will be happy to offer you a taste of her latest creations.
Feel free to tell her what types of flavors you like or would like to see, as she sometimes makes personalized jams based on specific orders.
With Candlemas just around the corner, why not turn to one or several artisanal jams to spread on crepes, angel wings, or other rissoles. Eat up and enjoy!
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Journalist: Aude Pollet-Thiollier
Translation: Darin Reisman