About four weeks ago I showed you my Pulmonaria honey here.
This is what it looked like then.
This is what it looks like now.
Last week we did the taste test after waiting an agonizing four weeks!
I bought some fresh Bauernbrot (Farmers’ bread) from our baker’s, and spread each slice with a little butter and then dribbled some honey over – complete with the flowers…
The verdict: delicious! But we have to be honest and admit that we couldn’t really taste the flowers. The honey was definitely aromatic and tasty, but no particular note could be detected! However, the pleasure of eating such pretty honey made it worthwhile, and I will certainly do this again next year. And perhaps again this year too with some herb flowers from the garden… Basil? Mint? Lavender?
What herbs do you think would taste nice?
That is inspired. What a beautiful way to enjoy a sweet spread!
I can highly recommend it! 🙂
You can’t go wrong with flowers and honey! Looks absolutely delicious…
Precisely what I thought. Flowers and honey are made to go together! 🙂
wow, I got excited as I read your topic: update!!!! yay, I think the mint definitely tastes waaayy better :):):)
I’ll let you know if I try it!
I’ve tried eating a few of the wildflowers in central Texas that books confirm are edible, but none turned out to be flavorful. As in your experiment, they looked a lot better than they tasted.
Steve Schwartzman
http://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com
You’re right Steve. I think the best flowers for taste are nasturtium, chive, or coriander – a real delicacy! I will experiment further this summer with several I haven’t tried yet, including Monarda fistulosa… 🙂
it looks so delicious!!
They say looks don’t count, but I disagree! 😉
Where drinks and food are concerned, ME TOO! haha. Love it!
What do you think about “Lavender Honey”? Maybe it would taste nice.
Yes, I might try that. 😀
The honey itself looks so delicious ~ fluid amber ~ dancing herbs 🙂
I turned the honey regularly and watching the flowers rise to the top each time was quite hypnotic! 😀
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Yum! I wonder if violets would be strong enough to impart flavour? Rosemary might be good.
And what a beautiful blue sky behind your honey – hope it stays like that for my trip!
The recipe included violets, but mine had all gone over by then. Rosemary is a good idea. 😀
Yes, hope the summer comes back in time… the next week is going to be cool they say.
What a great idea and such a pretty presentation. It would be interesting to do a taste test with another flower/herb honey to find out if there are subtle taste differences. Yum.
Thanks Mary. I’ll let you know how the next attempt tastes! 😉
The photos are wonderful! I am not sure what would be best. Is there an herb with a cinnamon taste?
I’ve heard of cinnamon basil, but never tried it… an interesting thought to bear in mind. Thanks Sandy!
The honey does look good! What about roses for your next try? I´ve also seen different kinds of mints (chocolate mint for example and loads of others).
Mint might be too strong, but roses might work. 😀 Thanks Simone!
Wonderful idea! So summery and special. I must have missed your previous post on creating this four weeks ago — will have to check it out.
It turned simple bread and butter into something seemingly luxurious and decadent! 😀
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