So I’m in the kitchen at Karmarama, the ad agency I work at. I’m digging around for a jar of marmite or some other toast topping platitude , when David, our creative director, walks in and draws my attention to a humble jar of jam in the cupboard. Turns out he makes it and it has the nicest label ever. Super delicious, rich plum flavour with a serious hint of cinammon to make it just that bit spesh. So, what a cool surprise - a creative director who home makes jam from plums in his Dalston garden. Love it! Not really sold anywhere yet, but will let you know more as soon as it’s on the shelves somewhere.
“The label I designed myself and Bette and Bosco are my two kids, pictured below, eating nutella straight from the pot, (not home made). I also make a blend of Victoria and Green plum jam, have a few pots left, also just made a huge batch (50 jars) of apple, plum ginger and onion chutney with peaches, YES I got twenty massive peaches this year. That’s still brewing and will be ready soon.
Greengage jam
I got the recipe off the Waitrose website, And used greengages from the tree at the end of my garden smack bang in the middle of De Beauvoir, which is the poncey name for Dalston. There are no chemicals or any other nasty stuff.1.5 kg greengages
1.5 kg granulated or caster sugar
2 vanilla pods
15g unsalted butter
I halved the amount of sugar in the recipe because the fruit is naturally very sweet and instead of vanilla I added cinnamon.”
Betty and Bosco
