Culinary uses for honeycomb?
On a whim, I bought real honeycomb (not the cookie type dessert) from a local shop. I tried eating it plain, but the wax makes it unpleasant and chewy.
What can I do with it?
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The comb, which is beeswax, holds the honey. Honeycomb is used for decorative desserts, placed on or along side nicely arranged fruit, is used as a spread on toast or bread or crackers and is served with cheese platters.
As a child I loved honeycomb, would pop a hunk in my mouth and chew like gum until all that was left was the wax, and either spit the wax out or swallow it.
You say the wax is unpleasant and chewy. The wax will remain chewy, the melting point of beeswax is somewhere around 60 C/140 F. If the wax has a bad flavour, would suggest tossing the whole thing and trying again.
Don't know of any use other than eating it raw. Was in the US capital a while back eating across from the bar association national headquarters and had an excellent appetizer platter which had bits of meat, cheese, preserved and fresh fruit, olives, different breads and honeycomb; it was very good.
Bottom line is if you eat it plain, you wind up with hunks of wax in your mouth that you have to do something with. If you eat it with other foods, the wax isn't really noticeable, kind of like eating the rind on cheese; it just gets ate up.
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While you can eat it as-is, it makes for an excellent spread for warm bread or English muffins. Honeycomb may also be used as a sweetener in homemade desserts — or on top of pancakes, oatmeal, or yogurt. Some people may likewise enjoy a piece of honeycomb atop salad or alongside fruit, charcuterie, or aged cheeses.How is honeycomb used in cooking?
Try layering your Honey & Comb over toast, scones, or on a baguette. You can even add meats or cheeses to make a sweet and savory sandwich. The Food Network suggests topping your arugula salad with crumbled goat cheese and hunks of honeycomb.What can be made from honey comb?
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Can you cook with raw honeycomb?
The answer is also yes. Honeycomb is nature's great delicacy. It is perfectly safe (and delicious) to consume both the honey and the waxy hexagonal containers of the comb. In fact, the added chewy texture of the comb is a bonus.What is honeycomb wax good for?
3) Honeycomb Supports Heart Health Several studies have proven that raw honey can lower \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol (LDL) and raise \u201cgood\u201d cholesterol (HDL). (1) On top of raw honey's benefits, you can even chew the beeswax to extract long-chain fatty acids and alcohols, which may also lower cholesterol levels.How to Eat Honeycomb: Three Tasty Options
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There's a recipe in Rose's Heavenly Cakes for spun sugar. One ingredient is beeswax. The recipe produces a nest of what I would assume is somewhat like cotton candy.
It's the finishing component for the St. Honoré's Trifle (which, coincidentally, I just finished making, hold the spun sugar).
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