Fermented Honey Garlic Recipe

Are you tired of being SICK and TIRED?  Making a batch of fermented honey garlic is one of the best things you can do to boost your immune system and be prepared for the cold and flu season. A little bit goes a long way so let’s get ready!

Raw honey and garlic are well known for their medicinal properties by themselves but put together they’re a powerhouse of delicious immune-boosting goodness and the best part is that you likely already have both on hand making this super easy to make.

Since this is a fermented product that takes about 1 month to be fully potent, it’s important to make it now rather than when you’re feeling sick.  You can certainly use it before then if the need arises. If you don’t have fermented honey garlic on hand, just chop up some raw garlic and honey together and take it as is.  You will still notice some benefits!

Benefits of Fermented Honey Garlic

Both garlic and raw honey have been used medicinally since ancient times.  The health benefits are numerous.

• Garlic– Garlic has powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties while preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, lipid abnormalities, metabolic disorders, skin, bone, and other common diseases.
• Raw honey– Contains potent flavonoids and phenolic acids that have anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-cancer, and anti-diabetic effects. It also serves to protect the cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive systems.

Fermented Honey Garlic Recipe

Ingredients

Raw honey: Yes, it absolutely must be raw! Processed honey has been treated with heat, which kills off the essential bacteria and wild yeasts that is needed for the fermentation process.

Whole garlic cloves: Any garlic will do as long as it is fresh, but homegrown is great if you have it!

How to Make Fermented Honey Garlic

Step 1: Peel the garlic

Peel garlic cloves.  Press each clove with the back of a chef’s knife and give it a firm whack with your hand to lightly bruise it.  This will release some of the garlic’s juice, which will help stimulate the honey to ferment.  Place lightly crushed garlic cloves in a pint jar with a tight-fitting lid.  Fill about 2/3 full.

Step 2: Add the honey

Pour the raw honey over the garlic and make sure it’s covered leaving about 1 ½ inches of headspace.  This space is important as the honey will become bubbly and active and the headspace will give the mixture the room it needs to keep from overflowing.  Place the lid on the jar and tighten.

Step 3: Start fermenting

Place the jar in a dark place such as your pantry or cabinet.  You’ll notice that the honey starts out thick but overtime will begin to thin out from the garlic juices and become runny.

Step 4: Turn it upside down

During the first 2 weeks the honey will begin to bubble or ferment. “Burp” it daily by untightening the lid and allow the CO2 to escape.  Retighten and turn the jar over and allow the honey to recoat the garlic that will float to the top.  Then turn it back over.  Ferment for 1 month.  The ferment will be ready when the bubbles start to settle, the honey becomes runny and the garlic develops a mellow flavor.

Step 5: Storage

Store indefinitely at room temperature.

How to Use Fermented Honey Garlic

The most common way to use fermented honey garlic is to pop a clove and a bit of honey in your mouth anytime you feel under the weather. You can chop up the clove into smaller pieces, too, if you prefer less at one time.

Fermented honey garlic can also be used as a wonderful culinary addition!

• Drizzle some of the honey on pizza
• Add some of the honey to homemade salad dressing
• Chop up the garlic and add it to sauces and marinades
• Add some of the honey to tea
• The options are endless

Final Thoughts

Having fermented honey garlic on hand all the time but especially during cold and flu season is vital for a healthy body.  So why not try your hand at this wonderful powerhouse of delicious immune-boosting goodness today and see how powerful natural remedies can be when we learn how to lean into them and use them correctly. Enjoy!