Honey recipes
Bakes, dishes and drinks where honey plays the lead. For each one we tell you which of our honeys makes it taste best and how much you need – and you can add it to your shopping list with one tap.
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What to bake or cook with honey in autumn?
Baking1 hr 20 min
Classic mézes krémes (Hungarian honey cream slice)
Thin honey layers, a vanilla-and-lemon semolina cream and a little apricot jam. It rests overnight, which is what makes it so tender.
Recommended honey: Acacia honey
Side dish50 min
Honey and lemon roasted squash
Squash roasted in big wedges and caramelised with lemon and thyme. A side for meat, or with cinnamon, a dessert.
Recommended honey: Chestnut honey
Main course2 hrs 40 min
Sticky honey-glazed pork ribs
Pork ribs slow-roasted in beer until tender, finished with a sticky, glossy honey glaze. For festive meals and dinners with friends.
Recommended honey: Chestnut honey
Main course18 min
Baked goat's cheese with walnut honey on salad
Warm goat's cheese baked on toast, with honey with walnuts, on a fruity salad. A light dinner or starter in a quarter of an hour.
Recommended honey: Honey with walnuts
Main course1 hr 10 min
Honey and mustard roast chicken legs
Chicken legs marinated in garlic and mustard, then roasted glossy with a honey glaze at the end. A simple everyday meal, all year round.
Recommended honey: Wildflower honey
Main course15 min
Creamy honey-mustard chicken with parsley rice
Creamy honey-mustard chicken breast ragout with parsley rice, in a quarter of an hour. A recipe from Street Kitchen (a Hungarian cooking site) – one of our family's favourites, and we cook it with our own honey.
Recommended honey: Acacia honey
Bakes and desserts
Baking45 min
Soft honey gingerbread, no resting needed
Spiced honey gingerbread that's soft straight away and doesn't need days to mature: you can bake and decorate it on the same day.
Recommended honey: Wildflower honey
Baking45 min
Honey puszedli (spiced honey biscuits)
Soft, spiced honey balls with a glossy icing – a classic of the Hungarian Christmas biscuit tin. One batch makes about 45.
Recommended honey: Wildflower honey
Baking1 hr 20 min
Classic mézes krémes (Hungarian honey cream slice)
Thin honey layers, a vanilla-and-lemon semolina cream and a little apricot jam. It rests overnight, which is what makes it so tender.
Recommended honey: Acacia honey
Dessert15 min
Strawberry and yoghurt pots with elderflower honey
Biscuit crumbs, honeyed Greek yoghurt and strawberries steeped in honey, in layers. A no-bake dessert that works for breakfast too.
Recommended honey: Honey with elderflower
Dessert30 min
Mákos guba with honey (Hungarian poppy seed bread pudding)
Crescent rolls softened in milk, sugared poppy seeds and a good drizzle of honey on top – an old, simple dessert of the Hungarian Christmas Eve table, ready in half an hour.
Recommended honey: Acacia honey
Baking2 hrs
Gingerbread house
A firm, easy-to-shape honey dough for a small house and about 20 figures – an Advent family activity you can keep as a decoration afterwards.
Recommended honey: Wildflower honey
Mains and sides
Side dish50 min
Honey and lemon roasted squash
Squash roasted in big wedges and caramelised with lemon and thyme. A side for meat, or with cinnamon, a dessert.
Recommended honey: Chestnut honey
Main course2 hrs 40 min
Sticky honey-glazed pork ribs
Pork ribs slow-roasted in beer until tender, finished with a sticky, glossy honey glaze. For festive meals and dinners with friends.
Recommended honey: Chestnut honey
Main course18 min
Baked goat's cheese with walnut honey on salad
Warm goat's cheese baked on toast, with honey with walnuts, on a fruity salad. A light dinner or starter in a quarter of an hour.
Recommended honey: Honey with walnuts
Side dish40 min
Honey and garlic roasted new carrots
Whole roasted new carrots, tossed at the end in honey-garlic butter until glossy. A spring side for meat and fish.
Recommended honey: Rapeseed honey
Main course2 hrs 5 min
Honey and orange duck legs
Duck legs slow-roasted until tender in a honey and orange marinade, finished with glossy, crisp skin. A festive lunch, with braised red cabbage.
Recommended honey: Chestnut honey
Main course1 hr 10 min
Honey and mustard roast chicken legs
Chicken legs marinated in garlic and mustard, then roasted glossy with a honey glaze at the end. A simple everyday meal, all year round.
Recommended honey: Wildflower honey
Main course15 min
Creamy honey-mustard chicken with parsley rice
Creamy honey-mustard chicken breast ragout with parsley rice, in a quarter of an hour. A recipe from Street Kitchen (a Hungarian cooking site) – one of our family's favourites, and we cook it with our own honey.
Recommended honey: Acacia honey
Drinks and breakfast
Drink10 min
Mint and honey lemonade
Lemon and lime lemonade sweetened with honey with mint instead of sugar, plus fresh mint and plenty of ice. Ten minutes, no cooking.
Recommended honey: Honey with mint
Drink20 min
Ginger and lemon tea with honey
A lemony winter tea brewed with fresh ginger, with the honey going in only once it's cool enough to drink. A jugful for cold evenings.
Recommended honey: Honey with propolis
Honey must not be given to babies under one year old, so only offer honey dishes and drinks from the age of one.