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Jams? For a charcuterie board? Say what? 

Allow me to explain. You’ve filled your charcuterie or cheese and meat board with a beautiful selection of cheeses and meats. Then you have chosen pickles, fruit, and a sprinkling of nuts. Now the only thing you are missing is a specialty condiment we call charcuterie jam. Our charcuterie jams are created to pair with a wide variety of cheeses. 

For example, this little pot of jam is called Strawberry Thai Basil and it pairs perfectly with a nice Brie or a Camembert. Made with fresh strawberries and Thai Basil.  Thai Basil has a sweet, savory, anise-like flavour that just brings out the flavours of strawberries. Now mound that on a baked Brie, add slivered almonds or pecans. Just give everyone a spoon and bread, you’re ready for guests. 

Strawberry Thai Basil Charcuterie Jam

Our Farming Story 

There are two distinct sides of our business. Principally we are indoor farmers. Our farm operates under a technology term called Controlled Environment Agriculture. We use a farming method called Hydroponics. You may have heard of hydroponics but just to be clear, that means we farm without soil.  Depending on the plant we use a variety of media combinations. I won’t bore you with a lot of scientific jargon. Basically, the media is the material plants use to send roots down, to stay upright and get moisture and nutrients. 

Unlike soil our media has no nutrient value. So we use a combination of nutrients to give plants, like strawberries everything they need. Tailoring nutrients give us a strawberry with flavour “that transports you to a sunlit field in the middle of summer”.  It doesn’t matter if it’s July or January, because your strawberry hasn’t traveled countless miles to get to you. 

Urban farmers, like us, grow food in areas where the land is not able to produce a crop and do it year-round. When it is snowing outside our plants are still producing fresh for your table. We love walking into the farm every day, inhaling the aroma of many culinary herbs. 

Like many thousands of people around the world, we are embracing hydroponics as one way to grow food. A concept that has been around for a very long time but becoming mainstream. In Canada, the definition of organic means farming in soil. While we cannot be certified as organic, we follow the best organic practices. We use insecticidal soaps for pest controls, humidifiers to create an environment to discourage pests like spider mites, timers to turn lights on and off, irrigation pumps, and organically recommended products. 

Charcuterie Jam Maker 

For years, I’d been having fun serving friends and family boards of cheeses, meats, and little pots of charcuterie jam. They encouraged me to share my flavourful little charcuterie jam with a larger audience. Click that link to be taken to our Etsy site.  We don’t have all the jams on there yet, but keep an eye on the page. Now we have over a dozen savory jams and more than that in toast jams. Customers say, “Your jams are so good I could just eat them with a spoon”. 

It’s all about using quality fruits and the best spices and seasonings. Things like Kampot Pepper, some of the best pepper on the planet. Making your charcuterie dining a pleasurable experience. Our jams come in various sizes, including the 45 ml gem pot size. 

Our jams are gluten-friendly, except for the beer, dairy-free, with no artificial colours, flavours, or preservatives. All jams are made with the minimum amount of sugar required for shelf life. 

Black Gold Charcuterie Jam