Tips for Using Honey in Cooking
Honey will enrich and add subtle flavour to dishes such as casseroles, sauces and dressings. Honey can be used as a natural substitute for sugar in most recipes but as it is sweeter than sugar, less is needed. Similarly, as almost one-fifth of honey is water, the liquid content of a recipe should be reduced by the same amount. Honey with meat:- Honey-cured ham or baked gammon coated with honey and mustard date back from medieval times. Marinades containing honey and vinegar make meat more tender and succulent. In a barbecue sauce, golden honey gives a distinct flavour as it caramelises. Honey gives a delicious crispy coating on roast chicken. Honey with vegetables:- Just adding a small amount of honey can do surprising things for everyday vegetables such as honey glazed carrots. Orange blossom honey is perfect when added to a spicy vegetable stir fry as the sweetness of honey counteracts the spiciness of chillies, peppers, garlic and spices. Honey in salad dressings:- A