Heather honey

Miel de bruyère (callune)

What it is

Ling heather honey is thixotropic: it sets to a jelly in the comb and returns to that jelly faster than any other honey the moment you stop stirring it. That is why it cannot be spun out in an extractor at all — the comb is pressed, or sold whole, which is half the reason for the price.

In the kitchen

Beat it hard in the jar before you weigh it, or it reads as a solid and refuses to blend into anything. It holds air better than any runny honey, which makes it the one to use in a buttercream.

Goes with

Oats Blue cheese Venison Walnut Chestnut Red grouse

In season alongside

Beechnut Bog myrtle Doraji (balloon flower root) Mont d’Or Olive Pacific saury (sanma)

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