The flower of bramble: a wild to big heart
You know surely the brambles. You you in are may-to be already taken a in walking in the nature… That pricks, sometimes that does bad. And yet, this plant is very important. She protects the biodiversity, she feeds the bees, and she us offers two treasures: of honey and of fruits wild.
The bramble (Rubus fruticosus) grows freely in the hedges, the woods, the wastelands. Between June and August, she is adorned of flowers white or dews. These flowers, rich in nectar, attract the bees which there find a source essential of food in full summer.
Often considered like invasive, the bramble is in reality a pillar of the life wild. And for us, she is to the origin of a honey rare and delicious.
The harvest of honey of bramble: to rhythm of the nature
Our hives are installed in of areas natural where the bramble bushes grow freely. In July and August, our bees there forage intensely.
The honey is then harvested to the end of summer, after maturation in the hive. We the extract to cold, without heating nor filtration aggressive, in order to of preserve all its richness natural : aromas, texture and benefits.
A rare honey with a delicate and fruity taste
This honey is ideal for the lovers of flavors natural, raw but sweet.
How use bramble honey? ?
Some ideas simple:
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Sure a slice of bread whole or with cereals.
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In a yogurt plain.
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In fillet on a cheese of ewe or of goat.
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For to soften a infusion of evening.
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To the spoon, all simply, for a moment sweetness.
Recipe quick: Slice of bread goat and honey of bramble
Ingredients (for 1 slice of bread):
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1 slice of bread (type country)
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1 small cheese of goat fresh
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1 spoon to café of honey of bramble
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Some nuts or seeds (optional)
Preparation:
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Spread the goat on the bread.
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Add a fillet of honey of bramble.
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Sprinkle of some nuts or seeds if you love.
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Enjoy!
Perfect for a appetizer, a lunch light or a in-case sweet-salty.
And after the flowers… the ripe wild
When the flowers of bramble wither, they leave place with ripe wild : of small fruits black and red, shiny, that one picks to the end of summer.
Rich in antioxidants, juicy and tart, they themselves eat raw, in jam, in pie or simply to the hand during of a walk. Everything like the honey of bramble, they are a gift of this plant often forgotten, but essential to the life wild and to our food.
