Raw honey kitchen index

Honey recipes, without the performance.

Four practical ways to use raw desert honey: one drink, one dinner, one bake, and one dressing. Short methods, clear temperatures, and enough detail to avoid wasting the good jar.

Kekwick raw desert honey jar used for honey recipes — Desert Bloodwood and River Red Gum honey from Alice Springs. Strong enough to show up in heat, drinks, and dressings.

Drinks

Honey goes in after the kettle calms down.

Honey Lemon Drink

Pour boiling water directly onto the honey and you've wasted money. Two-minute fix that makes the difference.

Time: 3 min
Makes: 1 mug
Level: Easy

Mains

Heat brings out the caramel without burying the desert flavour.

Honey Glazed Chicken

Desert bloodwood honey has enough caramel depth to carry a glaze without needing much else. Four ingredients, twenty minutes.

Time: 32 min
Makes: 4 servings
Level: Easy

Baking

Enough structure to hold together. Enough honey to taste it.

Honey Oat Bars

Eight ingredients. One bowl. Something worth eating that keeps for a week without going sad.

Time: 30 min
Makes: 12 bars
Level: Easy

Dressings

A jar, a shake, and a dressing that earns fridge space.

Honey Mustard Dressing

The caramel depth of desert honey in a dressing makes a bigger difference than you'd expect. Keeps in the fridge for two weeks.

Time: 5 min
Makes: 8 servings
Level: Easy

The jar behind the index

Raw desert honey with enough character to survive the recipe.

These recipes are written for Desert Bloodwood and River Red Gum honey: dark, floral, caramel-heavy, and direct from Alice Springs.

Start with the glaze