Do you have an abundance of dandelions in your garden? Turn them into this tasty dandelion honey! It has an unusual but pleasant taste and it’s great on waffles, scones, pancakes, ice cream, or whatever your heart desires.
One woman’s weeds, another woman’s ingredient
The common dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, maybe a blight on many gardeners’ ideally kept lawns. For some, such as myself, they’re a gift from nature with many uses.
You can dry and grind the root to make dandelion ‘coffee’, a very palatable alternative drink; you can eat the leaves in salads, and the gorgeous yellow petals make the most delicious honey.
The most laborious component of this recipe is picking the petals. 150 grams might not seem a lot, but it is when you’re a dandelion petal.
Ingredients for dandelion honey
- 150 grams dandelion petals
- 1 litre water
- 1 lemon
- 1 kg granulated sugar
How to make dandelion honey
- 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.
- Bring to a simmer and switch the heat off. Leave the mixture 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 it to a boil.
- Boil until reduced to one third off the original volume.
- Sieve the honey into jars; seal and cool.
Recipe Difficulty Levels
Easy
Requires basic cooking skills and ingredients you most likely already have in your kitchen.
Moderate
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Challenging
Recipes requiring more advanced skills and experience and maybe some special equipment.
Dandelion Honey Recipe
Ingredients
- 150 grams dandelion petals
- 1 litre water
- 1 lemon
- 1 kg granulated sugar
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Instructions
- 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.
- Bring to a simmer and switch the heat off. Leave the mixture to stew, covered, overnight.
- The day of preparation: Drain and reserve the liquid.
- Peel the lemon and slice. Add lemon slices and sugar to the liquid and bring it to a boil.
- Boil until reduced to one third off the original volume.
- Sieve the honey into sterilised jars; seal and cool.
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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
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.
Dandelion Honey – a great alternative to stealing food from bees!
wow, great idea!
Oh this is so easy its amazing!
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!
Am LOVING this!
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
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.
Oh I love this, I was actually going to make some Dandylion Syrup, but this wins.