Food Advent Calendar – No.14: Honey
We continue stocking up our Christmas pantry with a product we are proud of making locally – honey. Gozo used to be promoted as the island of love and honey. And thinking about it what would Christmas be like without it?
Honey is an obvious staple ingredient used in Christmas recipes. In Malta it is one of the main ingredients for our traditional honey rings. In December you can also find a variation of the honey which is lighter in colour because they make it without black treacle.
Three Seasons of Honey
Something most people wouldn’t know is that Maltese beekeepers produce three types of honey. Around May there is the first harvest for Spring made from multiflora. In July/August a second harvest happens pollinated from wild thyme. The third and last harvest is in November where bees take nectar from eucalyptus, carob and mustard plants.
Important to know
Bees in Decline – The Role of the Bee
This just might be a fantastic gift to make for Christmas
Saffron & Vanilla Infused Honey
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