How to make honey from dandelions?

The time of flowering of many plants is a time not only for aesthetes, but also for those who care about their health. Dried plants can be used to prepare broths , but there is a more delicious way to stock up on vitamins and microelements for the winter. Prepare honey from dandelion flowers - this delicacy will help to cope with ARVI, improve digestion, kidney and liver function. Home honey from dandelions will help to raise immunity, as it contains vitamins C, group B, potassium, magnesium and iodine.

Collecting flowers

Before you tell how to make honey from dandelions, discuss some points. Collection of medicinal herbs is usually carried out in the morning, as soon as the dew comes, in places where there is no direct sunlight. In this case, however, the rules are different: we collect dandelions on sunny glades in the area before noon, when the flowers were properly opened. We select places for gathering flowers away from the road with a lively traffic, far from the enterprises - it is best in the countryside. Collecting the inflorescences, we immediately try to shake off the insects and remove the rubbish.

Honey quickly and easily

So, we have come to how to make honey from dandelions.

Ingredients:

• white refined sugar produced in the CIS countries - 1.2 kg;
• filtered or distilled water - 1.5 liters;
• a lemon - 3-4 pieces;
• inflorescence of dandelion of medicinal - about 700 g.

Preparation

Preparing honey from dandelions at home is simple, the prescription is taken from a pre-revolutionary herbalist. Water, of course, in those days was filtered through special carbon-silicon filters, but you can also pass through the factory. We put the flowers in a container of cold water for about a quarter of an hour, change the water, wait for the same amount, carefully take out the flowers. If you are sure that there are no insects in flowers, you can not wash them. We put inflorescences in a basin or a pan, pour in water and boil for no more than 5 minutes. Cover the lid, wrap it and leave it. The next day, gently filter the broth through gauze, dissolve the sugar in it and start cooking on a slow fire - three times for 5 minutes. At the last cooking we add the squeezed juice from lemons. Hot honey is distributed over small jars, curled and stored in a dark, cool and dry place. We remember that honey from dandelion flowers is still more a remedy, to spread it on bread, like jam , it is not necessary.

Another way

There is another way how to make dandelion honey. The proportions will be the same, the technology is different. The first stage - cook syrup, after boiling about a third, add flowers, cook for 7 minutes, filter and roll. As you can see, the preparation of honey from dandelions can be done by everyone.