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Description Description: the plum jam Topoloveni is a viscous paste, easily to spread, which can be consumed either as such (on crackers, toast, bread with butter or in combination with yoghurt, muesli, ice cream, etc.) or with dessert pastries (crescent, donuts, pancakes etc.).
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JAM TOPOLOVENIBy National College Cantemir Voda
The word
The word 'magiun' comes from the Turkish 'macun', which means 'spread'! The English translation of 'jam' in Romanian is Magiun de Topoloveni!
Description
Description: the plum jam Topoloveni is a viscous paste, easily to spread, which can be consumed either as such (on crackers, toast, bread with butter or in combination with yoghurt, muesli, ice cream, etc.) or with dessert pastries (crescent, donuts, pancakes etc.).
General things about Magiun of Topoloveni
100% natural, no preservatives, no food additives, E-free, no sugar added
Ingredients: just one ingredient! Romanian fresh plums, chemically untreated. 1 kg of jam is prepared from 5 kg of four plum varieties.
It’s prepared in Arges County, mainly in Topoloveni City
Preparation of “Magiun de Topoloveni” Preparation: Traditionally documented since 1914; in order to preserve the
full nutritional value of fresh prunes, the plum jam Topoloveni is prepared in a double-walled boiler, at a controlled temperature, not exceeding 68 degrees Celsius, for 12-14 hours, in order to evaporate all the water. Due to this method of preparation of Topoloveni, this jam does not need any preservatives. You need four different types of plums, which have to be cooked for 10 hours without sugar, with very low heat, until the magiun sticks to the spoon. The magiun of Topoloveni is a thick, homogeneous, dark brown paste with a minimum of 55% dry matter content.
Plums used for the production of magiun of Topoloveni belong to various local varieties of Prunus domestica : Boambe of Leordeni, Bistriteana, Brumarii, Centenar, Dambovita, Grasa ameliorata, Grasa Romanesca, Pescarus, Pitestean, Silvia, Stanley, Tomnatici Caran Sebes, Tuleu gras, Tuleu timpuriu, Valcean, Vinata Romaneasca
Topoloveni Town
Topoloveni townTopoloveni town is 20 km southeast of Pitesti and has a population of about 9.865 inhabitants. It is a new town with a growing economy, formed from the old village Topoloveni and 4 other villages from its north, on two communication ways, perpendicular to the main national road Bucharest-Pitesti
History of Topoloven cityThe oldest document attesting Topoloveni town is the act
of June 19, 1421
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