Recipe#5216

Title: Flavored Honeys-Nhb

Recipe By     : HONEY.COM by National Honey Board
From: Pat Hanneman 
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 14:20:04 PDT 

   1      cup           honey -- see note
"Use a 1-lb jar (1-1/2 cups) honey and add one of the following ingredients."
CITRUS. Add 1 tablespoon grated grapefruit, lemon, lime or orange peel.
Heat mixture on low heat. Let stand at least 2 hours. Strain and pour honey
into 8-ounce jar with lid.
MINT. Add 1/4 cup chopped fresh mint. Heat mixture on low heat. Let stand
at least 2 hours. Strain and pour honey into 8-ounce jar with lid.
GINGER. Add 1 tablespoon julienne fresh ginger root. Heat mixture on low 10
minutes. Let stand at least 2 hours. Strain and pour honey into 8-ounce jar
with lid.
ALLSPICE. Add 1 tablespoon whole allspice. Heat mixture on low 10 minutes.
Let stand at least 2 hours. Heat mixture on low 10 minutes, a second time.
Let stand overnight. Strain and pour honey into 8-ounce jar with lid.
HOT (SPICY) HONEY. Add 1-1/2 teaspoons dried hot crushed red pepper. Heat
mixture on low 10 minutes. Let stand 1 to 2 hours. Strain and pour honey
into 8-ounce jar with lid.
Be careful not to boil or scorch the honey when heating. All flavors make
about 1 cup.
RESOURCES [1] www.honey.com [2] Recipe-Buster http://www.erols.com/hosey/
[3] Kitpath@earthlink.net [4] mc-recipe exchange 9/1/98
Notes: Try using a larger heat-proof jar; only 1 cup of honey; and add the
flavoring. Also: see the page http://www.honey.com/recipes/flavhont.html
for source text. Site implies 1.5 cups of honey will yield 1 cup flavored
honey. but there is no mention of reducing the honey with heat.
Puzzled.-kitpath