Hot Honey
Hot Honey is infused with chile peppers for a wonderful combination of sweet and heat that goes with so many foods from cheese and crackers to fried chicken!
Servings: 1 cup
Equipment
- mesh strainer
Ingredients
- 1 cup honey
- 3 tsp red chile pepper flakes, or about 5 small dried peppers, crushed
Instructions
- Put honey and hot pepper flakes in a glass microwave safe jar.
- Microwave for 1 minute and stir to combine (the honey will become thinner and more fluid after it is heated.) We don't want the honey boil, as this will destroy some of its beneficial properties.
- Stir and let the honey steep for 15 minutes.
- Strain into a clean jar. Note: if your honey has cooled and thickened too much to be strained, gently heat it again to loosen it for straining.
- Honey will keep in an airtight jar in a cool dry place.
- Once you infuse honey with dried chile flakes I recommend using it within a 3-6 months. If you use fresh hot chiles you'll want to store the strained honey in the refrigerator to reduce the risk of spoilage. When refrigerated, the hot honey should last for about 3-6 months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 Tbsp · Calories: 65 kcal · Carbohydrates: 18 g · Protein: 0.1 g · Fat: 0.1 g · Saturated Fat: 0.01 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.03 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01 g · Sodium: 7 mg · Potassium: 18 mg · Fiber: 0.2 g · Sugar: 17 g · Vitamin A: 111 IU · Vitamin C: 0.1 mg · Calcium: 3 mg · Iron: 0.2 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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