How To Use Honey With Honeycomb

At this point it s a lot of volume but it reduces in size pretty quickly with a bit of mashing.

How to use honey with honeycomb. Lay out your various cheeses. Eating honeycomb on toast is a fun alternative to the classic breakfast treat of toast and honey. Since the honeybees do not have to start all over rebuilding the honey comb they get to work filling the cells with honey. It consists of a series of hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax which generally contain raw. Spread on bread because of the unique texture of the comb your honey will easily spread over your toast in a thick layer without the drip.

This is known as the crush and strain method where you basically use a big potato masher to crush the whole honeycomb and then strain the honey. The crushed honeycomb is about 1 4 to 1 3 the volume of the chunk honeycomb. I like to serve three different kinds of cheese. So you start with the honeycomb. You can also first spread butter underneath for some added flavor and decadence.

Just toast a slice of bread and while still hot spread a piece of honeycomb over the bread with a butter knife until it melts. Add the honeycomb directly to the board allowing honey to pool into the nearby cheeses. Try layering your honey comb over toast scones or on a baguette. The beekeeper then returns the honey comb frame to the hive. We ve got a salty cheddar a blue cheese the italians like to eat with honeycomb and camembert but it doesn t matter choose whatever your favorite is.

Add a few extra touches like a handful of toasted almonds dried apricots and a bunch of grapes. After opening the top of the capped cells with a heated knife a honey extractor spins the honey comb to force out the liquid honey. They add color and the honey and fruit go really well together. Spoon your honey comb on top and impress all your dinner guests.