Making an herbal honey infusion is an easy thing to try, and the results are truly a unique taste delight.
Your needs are pretty simple; fresh lemon balm, two mason jars with a lid n ring sets, some clean glass marbles, and some honey!
We like to pick our herbs in the morning when they are most potent after the nights cool rest. We grow natural (no pesticides) in our garden so we go straight from harvest to project as any added water can ruin the infusion.
Remove the fresh lemon balm leaves from their stems and fill the jar about ½ full, packing your herbs down.
Pour in the honey until it covers your lemon balm; mix gently making sure all the air bubbles are removed, and all the plant matter is covered in the honey.
Drop in your marbles to keep the fresh plant matter submerged because mold can develop if it’s exposed to air while steeping.
Cap your jar and let sit in a cool dry cabinet 2 weeks to infuse. The first week check your honey a couple times, opening the jar and removing any small pieces of lemon balm that float to the surface. You may notice your honey thinning, which happens naturally from the moisture in the fresh herbs.
Drop in your marbles to keep the fresh plant matter submerged because mold can develop if it’s exposed to air while steeping.
Cap your jar and let sit in a cool dry cabinet 2 weeks to infuse. The first week check your honey a couple times, opening the jar and removing any small pieces of lemon balm that float to the surface. You may notice your honey thinning, which happens naturally from the moisture in the fresh herbs.
After the second week strain the plant matter from the honey with a small strainer right into a clean jar, and it’s ready to use any way you enjoy having honey, except it has a delicious lemon balm flavor.
We are sure you will come up with many ways to try your honey infusion; but one of our favorites is to add it to a classic cheese tray, and they argue whether it’s better drizzled over the Brie and Bosc pear, or smeared on a wedge of Spanish Manchego!
#freshherbs #healthyeating #herbalhoney #herbinfusedhoney #honey #garden #lemonbalm #lemonbalmhoney #livinggreen #naturalfoods #noordinarychick
We are sure you will come up with many ways to try your honey infusion; but one of our favorites is to add it to a classic cheese tray, and they argue whether it’s better drizzled over the Brie and Bosc pear, or smeared on a wedge of Spanish Manchego!
#freshherbs #healthyeating #herbalhoney #herbinfusedhoney #honey #garden #lemonbalm #lemonbalmhoney #livinggreen #naturalfoods #noordinarychick
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