Raw honey kitchen index

Honey recipes, without the performance.

Seven practical ways to use raw desert honey: drinks, dinners, bakes, and a 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 Ginger Tea

Simmer the ginger first, let the mug cool for a minute, then add the honey. Sharp, warm, and not boiled to death.

Time: 10 min
Makes: 1 mug
Level: Easy

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 Roasted Carrots

A hot tray and a thin honey glaze turn ordinary carrots into the bit everyone reaches for twice.

Time: 38 min
Makes: 4 servings
Level: Easy

Honey Garlic Salmon

A ten-minute glaze for salmon that tastes like effort. The honey catches at the edges and keeps the middle tender.

Time: 18 min
Makes: 4 servings
Level: Easy

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 Banana Bread

Three black bananas, one bowl, and enough honey to deepen the loaf without making it damp or cloying.

Time: 1h 10m
Makes: 10 slices
Level: Easy

Honey and Yoghurt Cheesecake

Most cheesecakes bury the honey. This one finishes with a warm honey-thyme drizzle so you actually taste the good jar.

Time: 30 min
Makes: 8 slices
Level: Medium

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