To use this honey for sore throats, add one tablespoon honey and one tablespoon lemon juice to a hot mug of water.
Prep Time6 minutesmins
Total Time6 minutesmins
Ingredients
1Tbsplemon zestzest of 1 lemon
1Tbspgrated ginger root
1cupliquid honey
Instructions
Add lemon zest and ginger root to a small 1 cup sealable jar.
Pour honey over top and stir until ingredients are well blended. If need be, heat honey over a pot of hot water to make it flow.
Put lid on jar. Allow mixture to infuse for 5 to 10 days in a cool, dark place.
Mixture can be used right away or stored for several months.
If you wish, after ten days, you can pour the honey through a fine strainer to remove the lemon zest and ginger. This step is optional, the ginger and lemon zest can remain in the honey.
Notes
1 cup of infused honey - 16 cups of hot lemon beverageTo prepare for the inevitable tickly throat, we keep a batch of lemon ginger honey in the cupboard. When it's needed, we mix the following:
1 Tbsp of lemon ginger infused honey
1 Tbsp of lemon juice
1 cup of hot water
Let steep in a tall mug for 2 minutes then sip slowly.