Chestnut honey

Miel de châtaignier

What it is

Dark, resinous and genuinely bitter — the honey people either love or send back. Its pollen count is so distinctive that laboratories use it as a reference sample, and Corsica protects its version with an appellation.

In the kitchen

It is a savoury honey. Put it with blue cheese, game or a duck glaze rather than on toast.

Goes with

Blue cheese Pecorino Romano Venison Walnut Duck Fig Ricotta Chestnut

Same species

Chestnut Chestnut cream Chestnut flour Japanese chestnut

Also used with

Bitto Cervione hazelnut Lonzu Formaggio di Fossa Picodon T80 flour

In season alongside

Torta del Casar Artichoke Bog myrtle Broccoli Bronze bolete Buckwheat honey

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