Recipe
Wormwood flower honey (trace amount)
- Herb:
- Wormwood Artemisia absinthium
- Method:
- Honey macerate
- Plant part:
- Flower
About 30 minAdvancedRecipe science profile
Procedure
- Use a large jar with only a thin layer of dried floriferous material — wormwood is extremely bitter and potent.
- Cover with honey, close, and macerate at most 5–7 days, tasting bitterness; strain early.
- Use only a pinch stirred into honey on toast — not as everyday spoonful honey.
Extraction
- Herb:
- only a thin layer of dried flower material
- Solvent:
- Honey; macerate for no more than a few days, monitoring bitterness.
- Shelf life:
- Keep chilled after straining; discard if the flavour is unusual.
- Target compounds:
- Bitter sesquiterpene lactones and other constituents pass into honey only partly; the profile depends strongly on the dose.
Notes
Thujone and spirits are regulated; pregnancy, children, and sensitive states should omit. See the herb card.
Why it works
Wormwood is extremely bitter and potent; macerating a small amount of dried flower in honey is not comparable to regulated spirits for thujone and safety limits. Home honey here is a food format with high variability — keep plant material minimal and the maceration time short.
Related
Wormwood — Herb card
Honey macerate — Processing method detail