Hot Honey Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Recipe Overview
Preparation time: 2 minutes
Cooking time: 3 minutes
Makes: 1x 250g/8.8oz jar
Ingredients Needed
- 250g/8.8oz honey
- 1- 1.5 tablespoons chilli flakes (see note above)
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1 SIMMER - Place honey (250g/8.8oz) in a small saucepan on low heat. Add mild chilli flakes (1 tablespoon) for a mild hot honey, hot chilli flakes (1 tablespoon) for a medium hot honey or hot chilli flakes (1.5 tablespoons) for a spicy hot honey. Simmer for 3 minutes making sure to not exceed 70C/160F. Remove from the heat and then sieve seeds out and place honey into a glass jar.
Optional: Taste the honey and if you want a stronger flavour, let steep for 5 minutes and then sieve.
Storage: Hot honey should be kept at room temperature in a cool, dark place (pantry is ideal) and will last for 3-6 months.
Personal Note
I ran out of chilli honey recently. I could have sworn I had half a jar but the last time we had a pizza party everyone loved it so much and it got totally gobbled up (I think fingers were even being stuck in the jar!). I was putting an order through for delivery when I saw the price of hot honey and baulked. It was $8.20 for a 375g bottle of hot honey and it was more expensive than pure honey.
A part of me wanted to buy it because it was easy but another part of me, a stronger part of me loathed the idea of paying for something more that only takes 5 minutes to make. It's probably the same side of me that refuses to order chicken in a restaurant because we make it so much! So instead I made a batch from scratch because sometimes 5 minutes is a good investment.
So tell me Dear Reader, do you baulk at buying things that are easy to make at home or are you happy to pay for the convenience?