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Dandelion Honey

Published on April 23, 2012 • Last updated July 18, 2014 by Elizabeth Atia
dandelion-honey

Overabundance of dandelions in your garden? Turn them into this tasty honey! It has a very unusual but pleasant taste and it’s great on waffles, scones, pancakes, icecream, or whatever your heart desires. It makes a great gift too. DD (5) and I had great fun picking dandelion flowers for this recipe. I have entered this recipe into the Tea Time Treats blog challenge alternately hosted by Lavender & Lovage and What Kate Baked. This month it is Lavender & Lovage and the theme is: Get Floral in the Kitchen with Floral Flavours & Flowers.

150g dandelion petals
1 litre water
1 lemon
1 kg raw cane sugar (I just used caster sugar)

The day before:  harvest your dandelion flowers. You’ll need a lot! Pluck the yellow petals off and put them in a large pan with the water. Cook briefly and leave to stew, covered, over night.

The day of preparation: Drain and reserve the liquid. Peel the lemon and slice. Add lemon slices and sugar to the liquid and bring to the boil. Boil until reduced to one third off the original volume. Test: take a spoonful out and allow to cool. It should have the consistency of honey. Sieve the honey into jars; seal and cool.

This recipe is adapted from a recipe in Alfred Vogel’s Naturally fresh & Delicious recipe book.

 

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About Elizabeth Atia

Daydream adventurer. Expat Canadian. Foodie. Calls Shetland home.

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  1. jennifer bartick

    April 23, 2021 at 1:39 pm

    Just made this today, hard work on your own without help, it’s absolutely amazing worth the effort, I will make this again but grab the grandchildren first

    Reply
    • Elizabeth Atia

      April 23, 2021 at 2:15 pm

      Oh wow, I’m so glad you like it! There’s something really satisfying making a recipe like this out of wild food that tends to otherwise be unloved.

      Reply
  2. Contrary Mary

    February 28, 2021 at 3:39 pm

    Dandelion Honey – a great alternative to stealing food from bees!

    Reply
  3. rebecca nisbet

    August 30, 2014 at 10:17 pm

    wow, great idea!

    Reply
  4. Magnolia Verandah

    May 26, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    Oh this is so easy its amazing!

    Reply
  5. Choclette

    May 17, 2012 at 10:36 am

    This looks great. I so wanted to make some this year after reading about it last year, but I still didn’t manage to get my act together and they are all over now. Next year!

    Reply
  6. Urvashi@BotanicalBaker

    May 8, 2012 at 8:19 pm

    Am LOVING this!

    Reply
  7. Karen S Booth

    May 6, 2012 at 4:30 pm

    Absolutely brilliant! I make my own lavender honey every year, and as I have seen lots of dandelions this year, I am bookmarking this to make soon! Great entry for Tea Time Treats and thanks so much for entering! Karen

    Reply
  8. Chris

    May 5, 2012 at 12:34 pm

    Sounds really great! There were a lot of dandelion flowers in the garden, but the landlord went over them with a lawnmover. But they will be back. I only have to beware of the dogs.

    Reply
  9. Shaheen

    May 5, 2012 at 12:19 pm

    Oh I love this, I was actually going to make some Dandylion Syrup, but this wins.

    Reply

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