Homemade Lavender Honey from South West France

May 06, 2023May 6, 20230 0

Homemade Lavender Honey Recipe

Homemade Lavender Honey from South West France

by The Chefin Dessert

Prep

5 min

Cook

0 min

Ready In

15 min

Level

Very easy

Rating

Ingredients

	8 ounces light honey , such as flower honey or , clover honey
	4 tablespoons dried lavender flowers

Nutrision Information

Servings Per Recipe

Calories

Sugar

17g

Fat

Homemade Lavender Honey from South West France is a simple recipe that can add a unique flavor to your meals. It's perfect to drizzle on yogurt, pancakes, or toast for breakfast or use it to sweeten tea or lemonade. Lavender honey is also a great addition to a cheese board. The combination of honey, with its natural sweetness, and lavender, with its floral aroma, can elevate any dish. With this homemade recipe, you can customize the intensity of the lavender flavor to your liking.

Instructions

1.	In a clean and dry jar, place 4 tablespoons of dried lavender flowers.
2.	Pour the 8 ounces of honey over the flowers.
3.	Cover the jar and let it sit for 2-3 weeks in a dark and cool place, shaking it every few days to distribute the lavender.
4.	After 2-3 weeks, strain the honey through a fine-mesh sieve and discard the lavender flowers.
5.	Store the honey in a jar in a cool and dry place.
6.

PROS

Delicious and unique flavor, natural sweetener

CONS

The recipe requires patience to wait for the honey to infuse with lavender

HEALTH & BENEFITS

Lavender is known for its calming properties, while honey is a natural sweetener and an antioxidant. This homemade lavender honey can provide some health benefits such as soothing stress and anxiety.