Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, dandelion honey. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Dandelion honey is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Dandelion honey is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
Dandelion honey is a good substitute for honey for vegans or anyone who may have an allergy to traditional bee's honey, with a surprisingly similar flavor. The consistency is thinner than most honey. It has a very similar appearance in color. Dandelion honey isn't, at least initially.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have dandelion honey using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Dandelion honey:
- Make ready 100 open dandelion flowers
- Get 6 tbsp lemon juice
- Take Pinch salt
- Prepare 200 g granulated sugar
- Prepare 1 litre water
- Make ready 2 apples, washed sliced with skin on
Dandelion honey is a monofloral honey that is produced from honey bees collecting and processing dandelion nectar into honey. The monofloral dandelion honey is derived from the nectar of flowers in the genus Taraxacum. The dandelion honey taste is surprisingly like a 'normal' honey, but with a flower fragrance. How to pick dandelion flowers To make natural dandelion honey, that's also healthy, you need to make sure that you dandelion flowers are safe to eat.
Steps to make Dandelion honey:
- Remove all of the stem and most of the green leaves from the back of the flower heads. If some remain this is ok, all parts are edible but they give a stronger flavour to the honey. Place the yellow heads into a large pan.
- Quarter apples and remove any visible seeds. Add ro dandelions, add lemon juice and salt. Cover with water and boil for 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat and simmer gently for 20 minutes longer.
- Remove flowers and press out liquid over the pan. I use a sieve and press gently with the back of a spoon to remove liquid.
- Discard and either discard apple or use in another recipe. I made apple overnight oats, which were delicious (see my other recipe). Pour sugar into the pan. Leave uncovered and simmer on low heat until it reaches a honey consistency. This may take a few hours.
- Reduce for 1.5 hours on a low heat. Don't be tempted to turn up the heat to reduce cooking time as this will cause the syrup to burn. Remove from heat and pour into jam jar.
The dandelion honey taste is surprisingly like a 'normal' honey, but with a flower fragrance. How to pick dandelion flowers To make natural dandelion honey, that's also healthy, you need to make sure that you dandelion flowers are safe to eat. You need to make sure that you keep all the pollen inside the flowers, so you can't wash them! The interesting thing about dandelion honey is that isn't actually honey. Instead, it is a syrup containing sugar and dandelion aroma.
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