Dandelion honey

Name: How to cook Dandelion honey - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 small jar
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Samantha B

Dandelion honey

I made this today with my children for National Bee Day, since we've been learning about bees and honey. We tweaked a recipe I found online as we didn't have everything available but it was delicious. We'll make it this way again! Much faster process than some recipes with quicker results for impatient children...and grown ups!

Ingredient

Food ration :

1 small jar

Cooking time :

2-3 hrs

100

open dandelion flowers

6 tbsp

lemon juice

Pinch

salt

200 g

granulated sugar

1 litre

water

apples, washed sliced with skin on

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

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.

* Step 2

Quarter apples and remove any visible seeds. Add ro dandelions, add lemon juice and salt. Cover with water and boil for 10 minutes.

* Step 3

Reduce heat and simmer gently for 20 minutes longer.

* Step 4

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.

* Step 5

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.

* Step 6

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.