Bee fondant recipe

[Zante]

I have found this recipe online for bee "fondant"

3 parts of icing sugar
1 part of your own honey heated to 40 Celsius
1 cup of pollen per kilo of mix (optional)

Everything is mixed thoroughly into a paste that thickens as the honey cools.

What is your opinion of it?
Seems easy to make...

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

But why?

 

[Cussword]

I have found this recipe online for bee "fondant"

3 parts of icing sugar
1 part of your own honey heated to 40 Celsius
1 cup of pollen per kilo of mix (optional)

Everything is mixed thoroughly into a paste that thickens as the honey cools.

What is your opinion of it?
Seems easy to make...

Don't, seriously, don't.


It's just too much hard work.

Plus, if you add the pollen, that's not fondant, it's a pollen patty.

 

[Zante]

Don't, seriously, don't.


It's just too much hard work.

From the description it says that you can use a stand mixer with the dough hook for small quantities, or a bread mixer like they use in bakeries if you make a lot of it, as long as you work it before the honey cools down

Plus, if you add the pollen, that's not fondant, it's a pollen patty.

With the addition of pollen it's called a "proteic candy" (candito proteico)
Even without the pollen they use a different word in Italy, not the word that is used for baker's fondant: they use "candito" for the stuff given to bees, as opposed to "glassa fondente" which is the term for baker's fondant.

 

[Karsal]

I have found this recipe online for bee "fondant"

3 parts of icing sugar
1 part of your own honey heated to 40 Celsius
1 cup of pollen per kilo of mix (optional)

Everything is mixed thoroughly into a paste that thickens as the honey cools.

What is your opinion of it?
Seems easy to make...

Even easier to buy from a local bakery or Baco wholesaler.

 

[Hivemaker.]

With the addition of pollen it's called a "proteic candy" (candito proteico)
Even without the pollen they use a different word in Italy, not the word that is used for baker's fondant: they use "candito" for the stuff given to bees, as opposed to "glassa fondente" which is the term for baker's fondant.

They use a different word in Finland as well...leipurit konvehti.

 

[Zante]

They use a different word in Finland as well...leipurit konvehti.

Is leipurit konvehti the term for both the baker's fondant and what is given to bees?

 

[Zante]

Even easier to buy from a local bakery or Baco wholesaler.

I doubt I'll be able to find a Baco wholesaler in the province of Florence, but I will try and see what the local pasticceria is willing to sell. I just like to look for alternatives, so that I start off with a plan B and possibly a plan C ready. This has served me very well in dealing with my aquariums...

 

[Gilberdyke John]

I doubt I'll be able to find a Baco wholesaler in the province of Florence, but I will try and see what the local pasticceria is willing to sell. I just like to look for alternatives, so that I start off with a plan B and possibly a plan C ready. This has served me very well in dealing with my aquariums...

It'll cost more but Simon or one of the other ebay shops will no doubt ship to you.