Most of our honey comb is built on wax foundation which gives quite a thick piece of wax in the middle of it. Great for spinning the honey out of, but not so nice to eat as honey comb.
The bees built a bit of extra comb somewhere it shouldn’t really be, so Doug cut it off and we have eaten it our of the comb. So delicious and chewy!
125g Coconut flakes
125g honey
63g powdered milk
30g Cold water
Mix everything together
Squeeze in to walnut sized balls and put on to baking tray with baking paper
Bake at 170°C for about 10 mins until golden brown (they brown up very fast and it may take less long than this, so watch them carefully)
These were going to be coconut macaroons made with honey instead of condensed milk, but they didn’t 100% pan out as intended. Possibly because I put too much honey in! They are delicious though, so we are going with it!
250g desiccated coconut
350g honey
50g white sugar
50g dried milk
2 egg whites
Preheat oven to 170°C
Mix together the coconut, honey and dried milk
Whip the egg whites until stiff then add the sugar and whip a little more
Fold the coconut mixture in to the egg mix
Scoop the mixture in to dollops on grease proof paper on a baking tray
Bake for approx 20 mins until cooked through and golden on the outside
Allow to cool and then scrape from the baking paper as best you can :) it is very sticky, so they stick themselves back together ok if a bit falls off.
We got the bees just about 2 years ago and we just harvested our first honey!
We got off to a bad start when the swarms we bought weren’t as strong as they should have been. Bad luck with the guy we chose to buy from. Annoying!
There has also been a steep learning curve and we’ve only learnt a fraction of what we need so far! Thank goodness for the internet!
