Fruit Fillings

Fruit fillings consist of solid fruit pieces bound together by a gel. The gel consists of fruit juice, water, sugar, spices, and a starch thickener. As we have explained, modified starch such as waxy maize is the preferred thickener for fruit fillings because it makes a clear, not cloudy, gel.

Of course, other starches, such as cornstarch, tapioca, or potato starch, may also be used. Cornstarch is frequently used in food service operations in which baking is only part of the food preparation, making it inconvenient to have on hand all the specialty ingredients found in a bakery.