Recipe: vegan dandelion honey
Are you looking for animal-friendly and eco-friendly honey? Then we have the ideal recipe for you - vegan honey made from dandelions. Dandelions! Yes, this ‘weed‘ is not only very healthy, but you can also make the most delicious honey from it that resembles normal honey in taste.
Kitchenware
- 2 pans
- tea towel
- glass jars(content in total 1 litre)
Ingredients
- 100 dandelion heads
- 1 litres water
- 1 kg sugar
- half an organic lemon
- half an organic orange
Instructions
- Put the dandelion heads (i.e. just the yellow part) in a pan and then pour the water into the pan. Whether you should wash the dandelions beforehand, opinions are divided. Some say it is better not to wash the flowers because otherwise valuable ingredients will be lost. But, of course, it is more hygienic to wash them beforehand. I let it depend on where I collected the dandelions.
- Slice half the lemon and orange and also add them to the pan.
- Boil the whole thing for about 10 minutes and then let it cool again. Cover the pan and let it stand for 24 hours.
- The next day, drain the dandelion heads, lemon and orange with a tea towel so that only the liquid remains. At the end, catch the mixture in the tea towel so you can squeeze out the last liquid.
- Add the sugar to the liquid and bring to the boil. Simmer on a low heat, stirring each time.
- Just cook until the consistency is about the same as normal honey. This can take at least an hour. You can test the consistency of the honey by taking a small spoonful of honey out of the pan and letting it cool on a plate.
Notes
- Rinse the glass jars you will store the honey in with boiling water beforehand. Don't forget the lids. Then put the jars in the oven at 100°C for another 10 minutes and make sure everything is thoroughly dry before putting in the honey. This way, the honey will keep for about a year.
- Store the dandelion honey in a dry and dark place. Do not store it in the fridge as the honey will crystallise.