Honey recipes
From sweet to savoury, blended to pure, runny or set – honey comes in all manner of golden guises. And it’s not just for your toast or tea. Create a buzz around the dinner table with one of our many luscious honey recipes.
Honey is a remarkable substance, with taste and texture determined by what the bees gather – and when. There’s a huge amount of choice on the shelves, and while upstanding larger players exist, the UK has a healthy cottage beekeeping industry, meaning that small and local is a simple route to quality assurance. You can find events and beekeepers to buy from at The British Beekeepers Association.
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Rhubarb
Honeyed mascarpone tart with ovenpoached rhubarb
This honey tart is sweet and creamy, with a mascarpone filling. It works perfectly with the subtle sharpness of oven-poached rhubarb.
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Christmas gifts
Hot honey smoked nuts
Sweet, spicy and salty – the coating makes these a winner. Put the hot honey nuts in pretty jars as presents for friends.
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Halloumi with garlic and rosemary fermented honey
This easy garlic and rosemary fermented raw honey has a slight tang that's wonderful with lightly charred halloumi.
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Salted honey tart
Creamy set honey gives this tart a pleasingly dense but smooth texture. It’s infused with flaky salt to balance the sweetness.
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Baking recipes
Honey flapjacks
These simple honey flapjacks are the perfect vehicle for showcasing the complex floral flavours of a good-quality honey.
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Filo pastry
Filo-wrapped feta with spiced honey
Georgina Hayden's easy filo-wrapped feta is a guaranteed crowdpleaser. It's served drizzled with spiced honey and sprinkled with thyme.
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Nduja
’Nduja risotto with burnt lemon honey
This simple, fiery ’nduja risotto is brought to life with a bittersweet charred lemon honey. An addictive addition to your weeknight menu.
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Sweet bread
Khaliat nahal (Omani honeycomb bread)
Dina Macki shares her recipe for a magical sweet-savoury bread from Oman. This Omani honeycomb bread is traditionally eaten during Ramadan.
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Christmas recipes from around the world
Melomakarona (Greek Christmas biscuits)
Irini Tzortzoglou shares her recipe for melomakarona, traditional Greek honey and olive oil biscuits usually made at Christmastime.
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Ravneet Gill’s honey and toasted rye parfait
You'll love Ravneet Gill’s honey parfait, which sees the frozen cream lightly sweetened with honey, and studded with crunchy breadcrumbs.
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Make-ahead desserts
Russian honey biscuit cake
This Russian honey biscuit layer cake needs to be assembled well in advance to make its texture soft enough for slicing at afternoon tea.
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Feta cheese
Baked feta with honey, chilli and parsley
Sweet and salty baked feta with honey makes a fantastic starter that's still simple to make. Serve with the garlic flatbreads
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Medjool date, honey and macadamia breakfast loaf
This moist honey cake from Honey & Co is filled with toffee-sweet medjool dates and buttery macadamia nuts for extra richness.
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Oranges
Coriander seed, spelt and orange honey cake with cardamom yogurt sorbet
Gill Meller's vibrant orange honey cake uses spelt flour for a more wholesome and nutty taste. The orange syrup adds sweetness.
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Honey and rosemary roasted nuts
Homemade sweet and salty honey-roasted nuts make a wonderful addition to a dinner party cheeseboard - or just to snack on
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