Habanero Hot Honey

Jar of hot honey with a honey scooper dripping honey into it.

Make you own hot honey and you can make it as hot as you'd like!

Course Condiment

Cuisine American

Prep Time 6

Cook Time 5

Total Time 6 5

Servings

Calories 130kcal

Equipment

Dehydrator

Ingredients

2 habanero pepper or 2 dried peppers, or 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
1 cup honey
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

Instructions

Dehydrating peppers.

Wearing gloves, wash the peppers and cut them in half lengthwise.
Place on dehydrator tray and dry until crisp and brittle - depending on your peppers any where from 3-7 hours.

Preparing hot honey.

Place the dried peppers and honey in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, where there are small bubbles on the outside edge, but it is not boiling. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat and stir in the vinegar. Bring to room temperaature.
Taste and see if it is hot enough for you. If it is, strain out the peppers, if you would like it hotter, leave the peppers in and store in a jar in your pantry. When it is as hot as you'd like, you can strain out the peppers.

Notes

Note - you can also dehydrate the peppers in an oven. Put your oven at the lowest temperature it will go and place the peppers on a baking sheet. Roast them in the oven, with a wooden spoon holding the door open a bit to let air circulate. Start checking them after an hour. You want the crisp and brittle.

If you don't want to dehydrate your own peppers, you can use store-bought dried peppers or use red pepper flakes. Red pepper flakes will infuse quickly.

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