Bee My Guest: Hosting Tips with a Honey Twist

Being a host is about so much more than simply arranging for food, drinks, music, and some entertainment activities. It is giving your guests something special that they will cherish and remember for a long time.

What if we told you that with one simple ingredient, you can give your recipes a pleasant twist that will make you stand out as a host? The ingredient we are talking about is monofloral honey, nature’s sweetest and healthiest nectar that can spice up your main dishes, appetizers, salads, desserts, and much more.

This is what the CEO of B A Barry Group and the founder of GEOHONEY, Mr. Basem Barry has to say in this regard

“Honey tastes even better when enjoyed with your loved ones. Its sweetness is amplified by the love and appreciation you have for your loved ones and that makes it an ideal ingredient in your recipes as a host”.

So, with this thought, let’s jump right ahead and see what organic honey-based recipes you can make for your guests to wow them instantly.

• Smoked Salmon with a Kiss of Honey
• Rustic Honey Cake
• Baklava
• Honey Citrus Vinaigrette
• The Bee’s Knees

Smoked Salmon with a Kiss of Honey

Let’s start it off with the main dish. You can wow your guests with smoked salmon almost without fail. Just buy unprocessed honey, olive oil, cumin, brown sugar, and of course, some salmon fillet.

Start by rubbing the fillet with olive oil and then sprinkle cumin, brown, sugar, and salt on it. After that, place the salmon on the grill with a smoker box and let it cook. 

Remove it when it is done and let it cool. Now brush it carefully with the hot honey you have acquired from Geohoney: best honey brand in the world and you are good to go.

Rustic Honey Cake

You need the following ingredients for it

• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Salt
• 2 teaspoon Baking powder
• 1 cup honey
• Assorted fresh fruits and pistachios

First of all, preheat the oven to 350oC and then grease a cast iron skillet. Then beat butter and monofloral honey in a large bowl and add eggs. After that, add yogurt and vanilla and keep beating.

Take another bowl and whisk flour, salt, and baking powder in it. Then add it to the previously prepared mixture and beat again. Finally, transfer it to the skillet and bake for 35 minutes. Cool the cake and top it with assorted fruits, honeycomb flower, and raw honey.   

Baklava

Baklava is a type of pastry made from phyllo dough and chopped nuts. This combination is drizzled with honeyed syrup afterward to give it a distinct texture and taste.

To make this dessert, you just need phyllo dough, butter, sugar, walnuts, clove, cinnamon, and monofloral pure raw honey.

• You can start the process by preheating the oven to 350oF and stirring together sugar, walnuts, clove, and cinnamon in a small bowl.
• After that, brush the baking pan with butter and unroll the dough. Cut the dough into rectangles and then line the bottom of the pan with two sheets of dough. Then brush with butter and repeat the process.
• Then spread the surface of the dough with the walnut mixture and again add some layers of the dough.
• Now cut the large rectangle into small squares and then cut each square diagonally to make triangles and then bake for 45 minutes.
• After that use some best honey brand, and mix it in boiling water, and simmer for 10 minutes to create the syrup.
• Cool the syrup and pour it over the warm baklava and you are good to go.

Honey Citrus Vinaigrette

No meal is complete without an exquisite salad and no salad is complete without a well-prepared and delicious dressing. To make the popular monofloral honey citrus vinaigrette salad dressing, you need to buy organic honey online and mix it with the following ingredients.

• Finely grated orange zest: 1 teaspoon
• Orange juice: 1/4 cup
• Pinch kosher salt
• Honey: 1 tablespoon
• Lime juice: 2 tablespoons
• Finely grated lime zest: 1 teaspoon

To make the dressing, add all these ingredients into a container with a tight lid and shake properly. Make sure the monofloral honey is dissolved completely and then use it for the salad. You can also store it in the refrigerator for future use.

The Bee’s Knees

You can further spruce up the meal by preparing the following honey cocktail. To make The Bee’s Knees, buy raw honey from a trusted source and mix it in warm water in equal ratios to make the honey syrup. Following is the list of ingredients you will need for this honey recipe

• Honey Syrup: 1/2 ounce
• Lemon juice: 1 ounce
• Gin: 2 Ounces
• Lemon twist

Peel off the strips of lemon zest with a vegetable peeler before juicing them. Take a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice. After that add lemon juice, orange juice, gin, and honey syrup into the shaker.

Shake the mixture until it is very cold and uniform. Then strain the drink into a martini glass and drive it home by garnishing it with lemon zest.  

Conclusion

You can use monofloral or polyfloral honey in your baking, cooking, and cocktail recipes in so many ways. This versatile sweetener imparts a very strong flavor and aroma to your prepared meals that your guests just cannot get enough of.

By giving your regular recipes a twist of honey, you can make them taste much better which makes you look pretty creative and good as a host.

So, to make your next dinner party or some other intimate event extra sweet and special, we suggest you give honey-based recipes a go and see how your guests instantly fall for the dishes you prepare for them with extra care and love.  

Geo Honey is the leading honey brand based in Dubai with over 130 farms equipped with the latest new-tech monofloral initiatives. Our 100% pure, raw, and natural monofloral honey is carefully prepared using single nectar sources which ensures both a high concentration of nutrients and enzymes.

Working with worldwide beekeepers from more than 53 countries Goehoney strives to produce monofloral honey that meets the highest global quality control standards while using environmentally sustainable resources and adhering to socially responsible policies.

Visit GEOHONEY today to buy our top-quality monofloral honey to use in different recipes to up your game as a host.