Homemade Rose Honey
An Everyday Luxury
There’s something luxurious about rose petals. While most people think of rose petals as romantic, or symbols of romantic love, rose has been used cosmetically and medicinally for thousands of years.
While many herbalists believe that rose has properties to heal our skin and hair, it is said that rose also provides comfort to those who are grieving. I love to use rose petals in my teas. This ingredient is both luxurious and delicious.
I read recently that someone used rose honey in a mocktail. And you know that I’m all about creating fun and delicious mocktails, so I decided to give it a shot. The result was deliciously amazing.
For this DIY project we’re going to start with high quality rose petals. This is an essential step. I can not begin to tell you what conventional roses are sprayed with – weed killer, pesticides, and other nasty things we don’t want to be consuming. If you grow your own roses and you’re confident that they are pesticide and chemical free, go ahead and dry those rose petals to use in this another recipes.
For most of us, however, we’re going to be purchasing rose petals. Buy the highest quality rose peals that you can afford from an actual herbs shop (do not even think about using amazon for this purchase).
I like to start by sorting out any green bits from my rose petals.
I want only the rose petals and not any green parts from the rose plant. This is why sorting is important. Pick out any green bits, and leave them to the side.
Once I have JUST high quality rose petals in my fresh clean jar, cover with honey until all of the rose petals are covered.
Make sure that you use high quality honey for this recipe. Organic honey is great, but raw honey from a local source is even better.
You’re going to simply cover the entire jar of rose petals in honey. Make sure all of the rose petals are covered and the jar is a full as possible. And buy a high quality honey.
Make sure that your mason jar as a tight seal on the lid. We are going to be flipping this jar upside down every day, so a tight seal is super important.
Once your jar is full and sealed tight, turn it upside down and leave it in a cool, dark place. You will want to turn the jar, alternating between upside down and right side up for anywhere between 2 to 3 weeks, depending upon how rosy you want you honey. I will say that I left my honey for far longer than I anticipated doing so because I was unexpectedly out of town. It turned out delicious.
There’s no hard and fast rule here. When your heart tells you that it’s ready, it’s ready.
When you know deep down in your soul that your honey is ready, strain it with a metal strainer. My recommendation is to strain the honey with a metal strainer for as long as possible. I let mine strain for at least 12 hours to make sure that all of that glorious honey has drifted down into the fresh clean jar.
This delicious honey will have a honey forward taste with rose on the backend, making it perfect for cocktails and mocktails, as well.
