Friday, April 11, 2014
SANDRAS HOMEMADE ALASKA FIREWEED and CLOVER HONEY
A very easy recipe to make and youll have year-round homemade honey... |
Prep: 10 Mins. |
Cook: 10 Mins.
Posted by Sandra
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT:
3 large pots
Sterilized canning jars and lids, with rims. (boil for 10 minutes, and air dry on a clean towel)
Cheesecloth
INGREDIENTS:
30 pink clover blossoms, (1” in diameter)
20 white clover blossoms, (1” in diameter)
25 fireweed blossoms, (the fuller, darker, and richer looking the better)
1 teaspoon alum
5 lb. bag white sugar
3 cups boiling water
METHOD:
Begin boiling 3 cups of water, in a medium saucepan.
Meanwhile, remove stems from fireweed, reserving just petal shoots. Gently rinse all blossoms in colander with cold tap water.
Place all ingredients except boiling water into a large heavy-bottom pot. Pour the 3 cups of boiling water over ingredients, and let steep for 10 minutes. Turn heat on under large pot to high, and bring to boil, and then let it continue to do so for 10 minutes.
Wild Alaska Fireweed Blossom |
In another large pot, begin boiling enough water to submerge honey jars to sterilize (you can do so in batches if your pot is not large enough to hold 8 (½-pt.) jars at once).
Wild Alaska White Clover Blossoms |
Remove jars using tongs onto a clean, dry towel to cool, and then tightly secure lids after 30 minutes of cooling (you should hear pings when they seal). Once cooled, ‘label and date’ the jars of honey and place in pantry – enjoy as you would any other store-bought honey product!
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