Honey Recipes: Toasted Sesame Honey Ice Cream (via mistress beek)

I got my wife an ice cream maker for Christmas last year, but we haven’t had an opportunity to use it yet. We decided that July 4th weekend was a great time to try it out, and what better flavor to inaugurate the machine than ice cream flavored with the first honey harvest from Large Marge’s hive.

Luckily, Mistress Beek had this recipe on her blog for honey ice cream that really turned out well. We opted to leave out the sesame seeds since my honey is very light, but I agree the pinch of salt makes all the difference. We have a bunch of Texas peaches that we are going to grill tomorrow evening to pair with the ice cream. Toasted hazelnuts or peanuts would also make a fantastic topping as well.

Lucky beekeepers (and those we love) have more honey stashed away than the modern world knows what to do with. Personally, I keep a collection of high-honey-use recipes like this one to burn up excess honey. Toasted Sesame & Honey Ice Cream Inspired by the flavors of honey halva, I’ve adapted this recipe from David Lebowitz’ basic v … Read More

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