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Honey

Honey is a sweet food product mainly produced by bees as a reserve for the winter season. Depending on the type of flower from which nectar the bees have drawn, you can get different types of honey. The most common are:

Millefiori: is generally crystallized, with a creamy and color ranging from yellow and beige. It has a delicate aroma, slightly fruity. The flavor is sweet and aromatic.
Acacia: has a liquid consistency, appears clear and varies in color between yellow and deep gold. Smell is very delicate, sweet flavor and vanilla.
Orange: is generally crystallized, creamy white and ivory. He has an intense aroma, fruity. The flavor is sweet and delicate.
Chestnut: has a liquid consistency and varies in color between dark amber and mahogany. It has a strong smell and pungent. The taste is bitter, wooden, intense and persistent.
Eucalyptus: it has crystallized, a pasty consistency and color ranging from beige and brown. It has intense floral aroma and pungent. The flavor is very sweet, but persistent and malty, toffee-effect.

The use of honey in the kitchen is really amazing! What acacia honey is one of the easiest use: we find him as a sweetener in the milk, herbal teas and infusions, it's great in yogurt and white bread toast with butter, ice cream is an excellent substitute for sugar.
It is used a lot in the preparation of bakery products like breads, pastries, and cakes. The advantage in the preparation of bread and cakes is that it keeps longer the freshness and softness, and therefore needs no preservatives.
Honey is widely used for the preparation of appetizers, if approached with great cheeses, it is used for the production of rice, meat and even fish.
Naturally the greater is its use in desserts, creams and sweet sauces, but also in fruit salads and fruit.