Sink Your Teeth

Image courtesy of Victoria Hely-Hutchinson.

Everyday environments and landscapes are transformed into intimate, textural settings that become the backdrop for Victoria Hely-Hutchinson’s personal and editorial scenes. The English and Austrian photographer includes family in everything she does, from her writing to photography to cooking. “My sister Lucy once chastised me for not having enough butter on my jam toast,” she tells Family Style. “She explained that you need to feel the soft yield of the butter as you bite through, as Mum had shown her.” This raspberry jam-and-butter toast recipe encapsulates nostalgic flavors to sink your teeth into. Butter thoroughly to enjoy fully.

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Ingredients

• Whole wheat sourdough bread 
• Salted butter
• Raspberry jam

Instructions

1. Cut a slice of bread thick enough that you need a utensil to cram it into the toaster. I use a wooden spoon.
2. Then use the same implement to dislodge it after toasting for about 2 and a half mins.
3. Let the toast cool and spread a layer of butter so thickly that there will soon be teeth marks in it.
4. Then delicately apply a thin film of raspberry jam, it needs to be almost translucent.
5. Don’t ignore the crusts. Cut in half to serve.