Sidr honey ◆

Miel de sidr (jujubier)

What it is

The sidr trees of Wadi Do’an in Hadhramaut flower for roughly three weeks a year, and hives are carried into the valleys for that window alone — which is most of the reason a kilo can pass two hundred dollars. The bloom comes twice, autumn and spring, and beekeepers rate the autumn crop the darker and denser of the two.

In the kitchen

It is thick enough to hold a spoon upright; warm the jar in your hand, never on the stove, or the butterscotch depth that justifies the price goes flat. Eat it on its own, on labneh or with dates — baked into a pastry it disappears under the sugar.

Goes with

Date Almond Yogurt Cardamom Tahini Walnut

Same species

Jujube

In season alongside

Candy cap Pecan Ajvar Japanese tilefish (amadai) American lobster Arctic char

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