Lipu is rightly called the queen of all honey plants. Honey from a linden has original and unique taste and aroma, therefore it is impossible to confuse it with others.
Properties of linden honey
The concentration of mineral substances that make up the lime curative product coincides with their concentration in the human blood. Therefore, if you regularly use linden honey, the metabolism is normalized, the process of digestion and the hormonal activity of the organism are adjusted.
Honey from linden blossoms is easily digested, and therefore this natural recipe is recommended for eating instead of sugar.
How to cook honey from linden?
Recipes of how to make honey from linden a few, and here are some of them.
Recipe # 1
Ingredients:
- linden flowers - 1 kg;
- warm boiled water - 1 liter;
- sugar - 1 kg.
Preparation
Lime flowers are placed in an enamel saucepan and poured with warm boiled water in small amounts. Cover the lid and leave for half an hour. Then drain the water. Next, we prepare this syrup: pour sugar into warm water and bring to a boil. Fill the syrup with lime blossoms, let's stand for 6 hours. Then we put the saucepan on a weak fire and cook until thick, stirring with a wooden spoon. At the end, we filter the obtained honey and pour it into glass jars.
There is another simple recipe for how to make artificial honey from limes at home.
Recipe # 2
Ingredients:
- lime flower - 1 kg;
- cold boiled water - 1 liter;
- sugar - 1 kg;
- half a lemon (or 1 teaspoon of citric acid).
Preparation
Collected lime flowers without leaves are poured cold water, bring to a boil, then reduce the fire and languish for about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let it brew for another 20 minutes. Then remove the inflorescences and squeeze. In the resulting broth, which will become viscous, pour sugar. Cook on low heat for 40 minutes. After that, add a twisted half-leavened meat grinder. (Instead of lemon, you can add a teaspoon of citric acid). We stir everything and again give it to boil, stirring the composition. Turn off the fire, let it cool down, and pour it over the cans. It turns out very fragrant and tasty linden honey.
Recipe # 3
Ingredients:
- linden flowers - a three-liter can;
- warm boiled water - 1.5 liters;
- sugar - a three-liter can;
- half a lemon (or 1 teaspoon of citric acid).
Preparation
Before making honey from a linden, cut off all the leaves so that only whole flowers are left. Densely we compact inflorescences in a jar. The resulting number of colors are transferred to a pan, filled with water and covered with a lid. Bring to a boil and simmer for at least 20 minutes. Remove from the fire, insist a little and filter - get a kissel-like mass. Add sugar, take it for an hour and a half, stirring occasionally. We remove the foam to make the honey transparent. Then add half a lemon (or citric acid) and cook for another 15-20 minutes. We collect pieces of lemon or filter the composition. We pour out the syrup over the cans. Such delicious honey can be added to tea or simply eat with a spoon.