Lemon-Ginger Infused Honey

I love making infused honey. It takes on the flavor of whatever herbs or spices you add to it, and maintains a sweetness that we all know and love.

Using infused honeys can take your baking, cooking, and tea making to an entirely new and exciting level!

lemon-ginger honey next to ginger and orange
lemon-ginger honey next to ginger and orange

This lemon ginger infused honey is wonderful for adding to teas, or other warming drinks. The lemon and honey are soothing on the throat, while the honey and ginger help to quiet coughs.

It’s also great to use an infused honey when you don’t feel 100%. When you get a sore throat, or need to calm a difficult cough, lemon ginger honey can help!

Honey is amazing, due to its natural antibacterial properties. It’s soothing in a warm drink, and has many benefits. Some of them are:

  • All-natural sweetener.
  • You can raise bees yourself
  • Requires little to store it, and does not deteriorate. Some experts even suggest that honey never spoils. If your honey crystallizes, simply heat it in a warm pan of water to liquify it again.
  • Honey is lower on the glycemic index than sugar and has minerals to help your body assimilate it.
  • It is often used to settle indigestion issues.
  • Honey can be used in homemade beauty treatments as well.

As we all know, using raw honey you can find locally is the BEST option. However, if you can’t find it locally, then search for the best option you can. Check with a local health food market or farmer’s market, too.

Ingredients

Ginger

sliced and peeled ginger
sliced and peeled ginger

Ginger also has some amazing properties to it, such as:

  • Ginger has antibacterial properties to it.
  • It can also be used for treating digestive issues like upset stomachs and nausea.
  • Ginger is safe for pregnant women and has been successfully used in treating morning sickness.
  • Some studies show that ginger can be used to help reduce inflammation, and reducing the pain of arthritis in some people.
lemon slices in jar
lemon slices in jar

Lemon

Now, for the next star in our lineup: lemon. Some reasons to add lemons into infused honey:

  • Lemons are loaded with vitamins like A, B6, C and E. They also have folate, calcium and even iron and copper.
  • Lemons are another great natural treatment for indigestion and other digestive issues.
  • Their anti-inflammatory properties are thought to aid in relieving polyarthritis and arthritis pain.
  • Lemon and honey mixed together are thought to help assist with weight loss.

This lemon-ginger infused honey is wonderful for adding to teas, or other warming drinks. The lemon and honey are soothing on the throat, while the honey and ginger help to quiet coughs. It also adds a special flair to coffee in the mornings.

Lemon-Ginger Infused Honey Recipe

Ingredients
  

  • 3-4 lemons organic
  • 1 piece ginger 2-inch, peeled
  • 1 jar lemon

Instructions
 

  • Cut up 3-4 organic lemons into 1/2″ slices.
  • Add the slices to a quart jar, seeds and all.
  • Peel a 2 inch piece of ginger, about the length of the average adult thumb.
  • Cut peeled ginger into ⅛” slices or as thin as you can. Thicker slices are okay as well, if you want.
  • Place those into the quart jar with the lemon slices.
  • Gently heat honey in a double boiler to help liquify it.
  • Pour over lemon and ginger.
  • Cover the jar with an airtight lid.
  • Allow to steep for at least 2 days before use, shaking the jar gently when you see it.

Making lemon ginger infused honey is so easy, truly. Here’s how to do it:

  1. Cut up 3-4 organic lemons into 1/2″ slices.
  2. Add the slices to a quart jar, seeds and all.
  3. Peel a 2 inch piece of ginger, about the length of the average adult thumb.
  4. Cut peeled ginger into ⅛” slices or as thin as you can. Thicker slices are okay as well, if you want.
  5. Place those into the quart jar with the lemon slices.
  6. Gently heat honey in a double boiler to help liquify it.
  7. Pour over lemon and ginger.
  8. Cover the jar with an airtight lid.
  9. Allow to steep for at least 2 days before use, shaking the jar gently when you see it.
pouring honey

The honey will get more liquidy with time, and as the lemon and ginger infuse with it, make it nearly the viscosity of water.

The flavor will be outstanding, though! Store in a cool, dry place and use within 2-3 weeks. The water from the lemons may cause the honey to spoil, so if you see any signs of spoilage, toss in the garbage.

How To Use It

To use this infused honey, simply use like you would regular honey.

We add a tablespoon to a large mug of tea or coffee, or top on fresh baked bread. Perhaps one of my favorite “medicinal” uses for this is making a hot toddy with.

When hubby and I aren’t feeling well, or a sore throat and cough keep us awake, a hot toddy is the ticket to a much more relaxed sleep. Honey and ginger for cough relief is a natural way to quiet those hacking coughs. 

To Make a Hot Toddy:

  1. Simply add 2 tablespoons of the infused honey to a large mug.
  2. Add in one ounce of brandy or spiced rum, and fill with hot water.
  3. Stir and sip.
  4. After 2 days of having a hot toddy each night, we are usually well on the road to recovery, and our throats feel much better.

Do you make infused honey? Are you going to try this blend?

lemon ginger honey pin

23 thoughts on “Lemon-Ginger Infused Honey”

  1. Just an FYI, you will have to store this in the fridge. The water content from the lemon and ginger will bring the sugar/water ratio to a level that will cause mold to grow if you don’t store it in the fridge. If you want to make it safer, you can cook it over a very low heat (don’t go above 100 degrees to retain the honey’s healthy properties) and stir frequently to get the moisture out faster. Do this until it is thick again. Unless, of course, you are going to eat it right away, then forget everything I just said.

    1. leigh e lennox

      Hi! I’m curious – I made this but left it on counter (not in fridge) for several hours. Will it still be okay if I put it in the fridge now?

    2. I never put mine in the fridge. Always just leave it on the counter and it’s always been fine. If you have a cold and drink tea a lot, it won’t last that long anyway. It’s so good you’ll want to drink tea all the time.

    1. My mom use to eat the lemon. lol I just spoon the liquid out in my tea and leave everything else in there.

  2. My husband makes a similar infused flavor honey that we use in our tea and coffee. Infused honey is one of my favorite things ever, so much flavor and different ways you can enjoy the honey.

  3. I make a GIANT batch of this every year, except I also add cinnamon sticks as well, and strain the solids and I DO store mine in the ‘fridge, and it lasts more than a year (if it doesn’t get used up before then). I add 1 Tbs of the infused honey and 1 Tbs apple cider vinegar to very warm water (use RAW honey and avoid over heating honey or you will kill the beneficial enzymes) for an immunity boost. I recently tried it with some cranberry/clementine orange mineral water and it was delicious! My grandpa used to keep bees, he said they found honey in ancient Egyptian tombs, and it was still good!

  4. I made this with honey, lemon and ginger. I didn’t heat it. I put in the fridge and I use for tea. Delicious! And, I find that these ingredients help when not feeling well. Also helped me with chronic stomach problems along with other spices and teas.

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