Plum Jam Squares

Add fruit and water to a large pot (including the pips). Cook for 10 minutes until soft and mushy.

Add in all of the sugar, stirring well to prevent boiling before all sugar crystals have dissolved.

When all sugar is dissolved, bring to the boil and cook until gelling stage has been reached, this can be anything from 10 to 20 Minutes of boiling.

While the jam is boiling, place a saucer in the freezer. After ten minutes of boiling the jam, take the pot off the heat. Spoon a small amount of jam on the saucer from the freezer. Allow it to sit for a minute, if you run your finger through the jam, it should make a clean line and wrinkle the jam.

While the jam is boiling, the pips will rise to the surface, scoop them out and throw them away.

Allow to cool. Pour into a clean bottle.

Preheat oven to 180 ºC. Grease a square cake tin.

Sieve all dry ingredients together. Add the coconut.

Rub the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles bread crumbs.

Beat egg and water together and add to flour/butter mixture.

Mix until you have formed a tight dough. Separate the mixture in two. Put one half into the freezer.

Press one half into greased baking sheet and cover with a thick layer of prepared plum jam.

Now crumble the remaining half of dough over the jam.

Bake for about 20 Minutes till light brown.

Remove from oven and cut into squares and allow to cool.

Serve drizzled with white chocolate and toasted almond slivers.

If you have any left, store them in an airtight container for up to three days.