How to get ivy honey

[charlievictorbravo]

If you store ivy honey in bulk for a year and warm it for putting it in the jar, the rough edge comes off the flavour and it becomes a full-bodied honey with a strong but not unpleasant flavour. Chef love cooking with it because you get more bang for your buck, flavour-wise.

CVB

 

[Erichalfbee]

If you store ivy honey in bulk for a year and warm it for putting it in the jar, the rough edge comes off the flavour and it becomes a full-bodied honey with a strong but not unpleasant flavour. Chef love cooking with it because you get more bang for your buck, flavour-wise.

CVB

Yes I can believe that
Somebody bought me a jar of Ivy honey and it doesn't taste anywhere near as bad as the raw product going into the hives smells

 

[AndyTh]

CVB, thanks for the info. I kept 30lbs of ivy honey from last year as a friend beek suggested it might mellow after a year in the bucket (he cited this flavour change also happens in onion honey he'd tasted in Croatia/Serbia). A visit to South Molton honey shop confirmed ivy honey is "sought-after" and they had some there for sale. Some people love it!! Acquired taste indeed!

 

[Uncle Betty]

CVB, thanks for the info. I kept 30lbs of ivy honey from last year as a friend beek suggested it might mellow after a year in the bucket (he cited this flavour change also happens in onion honey he'd tasted in Croatia/Serbia). A visit to South Molton honey shop confirmed ivy honey is "sought-after" and they had some there for sale. Some people love it!! Acquired taste indeed!

By any chance do you recall the price of a jar ?

A high-profile 227g jar of it here can set you back E13.95... which is £12.72 at today's rate.

FIBKA, eh ? The pigs don't know what they're missing.

 

[AndyTh]

By any chance do you recall the price of a jar ?

A high-profile 227g jar of it here can set you back E13.95... which is £12.72 at today's rate.

FIBKA, eh ? The pigs don't know what they're missing.

I seem to recall £7 a pound for ivy honey.

 

[Uncle Betty]

I seem to recall £7 a pound for ivy honey.

Cheers.

Giving it away !