By: Joe Scrizzi<\/p>\n
February is the Month for Love! The Love of Food & Fusions! Follow along every week during this month for 2 Fusions each week. My first experience with Infused Honey\u2019s was back in the mid-90s while at a Bed & Breakfast at an ocean resort. It was quite the experience of sweet & herbal and the way it was incorporated into other foods besides desserts. Since that time, I have been making all sorts of infused foods and today I\u2019d like to share 2 types of honey\u2019s that I make on a regular basis every week.<\/p>\n
First up is Citrus Honey, any type of citrus juice can be used, here I used lemons that I had on hand. Scrub the peel well, zest and mince fine (set aside), cut into 8 wedges. I warmed up the jar of honey I had to make it easier to work with. Measure out \u00bd C in glass or ceramic bowl, add juice of 1 lemon wedge and sprinkle in some lemon zest. Move quickly to incorporate, taste and adjust more lemon juice to taste. This can be stored on the counter or fridge.<\/p>\n
I use Lemon Honey in teas, cocktails, drizzle over pound cake, pancakes, waffles, salad dressings, drizzle over seafood\/fish, chicken and even mix with cough syrup.<\/p>\n
Second, we have Pepper Honey. Same as above, warm the honey up, measure out \u00bd C and add pizza pepper flakes. I added 1 tsp pepper flakes and 1 tsp red wine vinegar to loosen up the mixture a bit to incorporate. For this variety, that is pretty much it. Next, I\u2019ll experiment with using cayenne pepper, which can be tricky because you don\u2019t need a lot of cayenne to taste it. It\u2019s a heat that will linger and sneak up on you. If you wanted to try this, I would go with \u00bd C Honey to \u00bd tsp cayenne and let set until flavors blend, then taste.<\/p>\n
Since making this pepper honey, I split it into \u00bc C each for 2 recipes.<\/p>\n
\u00bc C Pepper Honey, 1\/3 C Fresh Orange Juice, 2 tsps orange zest (minced), season with Salt, whisk and marinated some raw shrimp. Did a quick saut\u00e9, served over rice with a salad. Perfect!<\/p>\n
\u00bc C Pepper Honey, 1\/3 C Lime Juice, 2 tsps lime zest (minced), 1 clove garlic (minced), salt and pepper to taste, 3 T olive oil, mix up and toss with 1 bag shredded cabbage, 2 grated carrots and 1 bunch chopped scallions. This turned out great and was a work in progress, adding a little of this and little more of that. Served with pulled pork, topped tacos and ate the rest as a side salad.<\/p>\n
I hope you find this fun as I did and there\u2019s more to come next week!<\/p>\n
Bon Appetite<\/p>\n
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