Dandelion honey

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the specified products. Pick dandelion flowers in the morning and before lunch - at this time they bloom. Use only yellow flowers, not white, fluffy ones. 350-400 ml of dandelion honey will require at least 50 flowers.

2. Step 2:

   

   Tear off the stems of the flowers, rinse them in water. With scissors, cut off only the yellow part of the buds - the petals. They will give the dessert the desired yellow color. Try to cut carefully so as not to add the bitter green part of the bud.

3. Step 3:

   

   Put the flower mass in a cauldron or saucepan, pour water and add 1-2 pinches of citric acid. Such an ingredient must be added - it will "fix" color, will give the honey a lemon flavor and will not allow the granulated sugar to caramelize again. Place the container with the flower mass on the stove, turning on the maximum heat, bring to a boil and boil for about 2-3 minutes. This time is more than enough for the liquid to turn yellow.

4. Step 4:

   

   Strain the contents of the container through a fine strainer, removing the cake completely. Throw out the cake - it is no longer used in the recipe.

6. Step 5:

   

   Pour granulated sugar into the liquid and place the container on the stove again, turning on the medium heating. Bring to a boil and boil until the liquid boils twice, about 30 minutes. Without the addition of citric acid, the sweet mass will be candied - such granulated sugar is produced in our time. It is almost impossible to cook high-quality caramel from it without adding acid.

7. Step 6:

   

   When the mass is boiled and really looks like liquid caramel, turn off the heating, but do not let it cool down in the container!

8. Step 7:

   

   Pour the sweet mass into a jar or into another container with a lid, but not into a plastic one, place it in the cold. Cooling down, honey will thicken even more and become viscous, dense.

9. Step 8:

   

   When this happens, bring the treat from the cold to the heat and serve it to the table with tea, not forgetting to slice the fragrant lemon. Such honey can be added to various desserts, used in the creation of marinades, smoothies, drinks.