Tips for Cooking with Honeybells
If you’re looking for a secret ingredient you can use to make your holiday dishes and treats so delicious that everyone will beg to know what you used in them you need to get some Honeybells. Honeybells are a unique fruit that is only available during the time from Christmas through the end of January. Early Honeybells are shipped right around Christmas and are the perfect ingredient for your holiday cooking. Honeybells are bright orange and have an unusual bell shape, which is where the name comes from. They are low calorie and versatile just like oranges and tangerines but they are exceptionally sweet. They are most well known for their sweetness and for the unusual amounts of juice they produce. One Honeybell can produce more than a cup of delicious juice. If you want to use Honeybells to make your holiday cooking really stand out here are a few easy ways to incorporate Honeybells and other citrus fruits into your holiday cooking:
Use Honeybell juice in your holiday baking – Holiday breads, cookies, and other baked goods will be even better if you use Honeybells when you’re baking. Replace any water in your recipes with fresh Honeybell juice and your baked goods will have a very light citrus taste that will play perfectly off the sweetness. Your guests will love it. You can also use candied Honeybell peel or even candied orange peel as a garnish that will add color and sweetness to your baked goods. A little orange zest sprinkled on top of breads like cranberry bread will make the cranberry flavor really stand out.
Serve Honeybell juice for breakfast – Instead of serving fresh grapefruit juice to your guests for Christmas breakfast use fresh Honeybell juice instead. Just a few Honeybells will give you enough juice to use for all your guests, and the surprising sweetness of the juice will please everyone. Honeybells can be purchased by the box so it’s a great idea to order a large box that will arrive as soon as the Honeybells are ripe so you can have plenty on hand for holiday cooking.
Serve warm Honeybell compote for breakfast – Using compote instead of syrup on French toast, pancakes, and waffles will make you seem like a gourmet chef but it’s really easy to make. Dice up some fresh Honeybells, oranges, and some fresh berries. Pour sweet Honeybell juice over all of it and heat it in a pan until it forms a syrupy consistency. Pour warm over breakfast treats and watch your guests ooh and ahh at your culinary skills!
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