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Bulletin Honey EN-compressed PDF
Bulletin Honey EN-compressed PDF
by
Mathieu Dierinck
Introduction History of honey
"We all work with honey or different honeys, eat it, drink it with Well let’s be honest, we can’t imagine honey without talking Only halfway through the 19th century, the American reverend
milk or with lemon juice when we have a sore throat… We all about bees, and we can’t imagine flowers without bees either, Langstroth created hives with moveable frames. This meant that
hear about the bee population slowing down dramatically, and as we all know all three of them are correlated. Though the humans could check the honey production without disturbing the
about good and bad qualities of honey… and of course about first bees only appeared 25 million years after the first flowers bees too much by simple lifting out frame by frame and there
the super-expensive and the cheaper ones. where found on earth, since then both have been growing side by was no need for killing the bees responsible honey “production”.
side and have a mutual dependence on each other. This is to this day the most used method in beekeeping and
But I wanted to know what the truth was behind all of this is, the honey production, therefore mostly referred to as the
why, what and the how, and as it’s almost always the case we The first humans known to keep bees are the Mayas, thousands Langstroth method.
need to study the base before we go any further in any research of years before the Europeans even set foot to shore in South-
and development. America. The Asian honey-bee was kept in Egypt 4500 years ago
and in China 1500 years ago. In Europe, bees were really used
This is the main motivation behind this bulletin, interest, since the middle ages, due to the invention of new tools which are
knowledge and in all honesty… Because I simply love honey and still used today.
the different flavors it brings and the way it daily inspires so many
of us to buy and use it." It were the monks which where mostly in charge of keeping bees,
specially for their honey and pollination. Wild bees where caught
Mathieu Dierinck and kept in hollow tree trunks, woven baskets or clay hives, and for
harvesting the bees where killed with sulfuric smoke, hives broken
open and then the honey was harvested.
Upon its return to the hive, the worker-bee spits the nectar into
a “house-bee”, which on it’s turn will place the droplets of honey
into a cavity of the honeycomb. Once the cell or cells are filled,
the bees will keep on moving over the surface of the honeycomb
waving it’s wings.
With the heat in the hive - due to the thousands of bees being
on such a small surface - and the “wind” created by the bees
flapping their wings, the bees reduce the water content to about
17-18%. When this stage is reached the bees will cap the cell with
beeswax, the honey is ready.
Nectar: The natural sugars inc. water being taken from flowers by Propolis (or bee glue) is a resinous mixture that honey bees - 75% of the sugars present in honey are glucose and fructose.
worker bees. produce by mixing saliva and beeswax with exudate gathered
from tree buds, sap flows, or other botanical sources. It is used as - 10% to 15% of the other sugars are disaccharide type of sugars
Honey: the by enzymes changed Nectar, with a reduced water a sealant for unwanted open spaces in the hive. Its color varies which are divided in small quantities.
content, which humans harvest from the hive, and which serves as depending on its botanical source, the most common being dark
the number 1 source of energy for the bee. brown. Propolis is sticky above room temperature (20ºC (68ºF)). - The sugars present in the honey are responsible for the taste,
At lower temperatures, it becomes hard and very brittle.I t is often viscosity, energetic values, hygroscopic values and the texture.
Honeycomb: When the colony gets into a hive they will start is being sold by beekeepers for further use in recipes.
by creating the “honeycomb”, which is made out of beeswax, - The way the glucose and fructose levels are divided is the best
and has it’s typical hexagonal structure. It’s function is to keep Royal jelly is a honey bee secretion that is used in the nutrition of way to identify and classify the MONO-floral honeys. (Honey
the honey capsulated and stored. The second function is as a larvae, as well as adult "queens". It is secreted from the glands of comingprimarily from 1 type of flower - plant - tree).
breeding chamber for the "queen" to enlarge the colony. An nurse bees, and fed to all larvae in the colony.
added advantage is that the bees can cap the cells with wax to When worker bees decide to make a new "queen", because the - In almost all the honeys there is more Fructose than glucose
keep disease and sickness away. old one is either weakening or dead, they choose several small which will give them a sweeter taste except in rapeseed honey and
larvae and feed them with copious amounts of royal jelly in in dandelion honey, where the glucose levels are higher than the
Beeswax: The basic structure for bees - the “honeycomb”- is specially constructed queen cells. This type of feeding triggers the fructose, and due to this, a quicker crystallization will occur.
entirely made out of beeswax, which is produced naturally by development of queen morphology, including the fully developed
young worker bees which have glands at the bottom backside of ovaries needed to lay eggs. Royal Jelly has long been sold for its - Technically we can say honey is a flavorsome inverted sugar
their body. Beeswax has a melting point of 62º/64ºC, and is used nutritional benefits as dietary supplement or even as medicine, syrup, thus making sure we keep water in the products we make
in a wide array of products: food, candles and cosmetics are the though current research does not support these “facts” at all. with it, creating a better color due to the mallard reaction, and is
main ones. also responsible for having a softer result in sponges.
(Eg Madeleines).
Some numbers:
- 75% of the 100 most important crops in the world depend on
insect pollination, insect I say so not all are bees, though 80% of
insect pollination is done by bees.
- The dependence of insect pollination on crops has risen 300%
in the last 50 years.
- In Japan, the fall-back of bee populations has been 25%, in the
USA 30 to 40% and in Europe the fall-back rises to 50%!
The last point to watch out for is the use of the term "local" honey.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m an avid supporter of local food in any
way possible. Though if the glass jar with expensive label and all
says “local” ask yourself local from where?
Honey
flower (acacia) honey, and honey from open fileds, both without additives and from honnest farners, so we can enjoy the same quality
and taste in the years to come.
Honey passion jelly Method:
10,3% 100 g Water Mix the milk powder with the cold cream and mix untill
20,5% 200 g Passion fruit puree dissolved. Add the dextrose and honey, then heat to 40ºC
Bon bon
32,9% 320 g Acacia honey Meanwhile melt the InayaTM dark chocolate to 33-34°. Mix both
34,2% 333 g Sugar elements and emulsify. Add the liquid butter and incorporate
1,6% 16 g Yellow pectine well. Fill the molds at 31-32ºC.
0,5% 5 g Acid 50%
Note:
100% 974 g Total I chose a darker aromatic honey for the ganache since the flavor
needs to be dominant enough to match the beautiful cocoa
Method: notes of the Inaya ™ 65% dark chocolate couverture.
Put the water, passion fruit puree and acacia honey in a pan,
mix the sugar and the pectine and add to the pan. Bring Crispy layer
everything to boil on a medium heat then boil to 104ºC. Poor on 28,9% 370 g Pure hazelnut paste
a bowl and cover with cling-film, place in the fridge till cold (set) 21,1% 270 g Praline Amande Valencia
then place in a blender to cutter to a smooth texture. 15,6% 200 g Toasted buckwheat
26,6% 340 g Zéphyr™ Caramel 35% white
Note: chocolate with caramel taste
Here I use a classic acacia honey (single flower) since this was 7,8% 100 g Cocoa butter
the best pairing with the freshness of passion fruit.
100% 1280 g Total
Honey Inaya™ ganache
36,97% 383 g Cream 35% Method:
4,62% 48 g Sugar dextrose Melt the ZéphyrTM caramel chocolate, the cocoa butter, add to
2,90% 30 g Milk powder 1% the praliné and the nut paste, add the toasted buckwheat and
37,66% 390 g Cacao Barry InayaTM 65% dark temper to 24ºC. Roll out between two layers of parchment
chocolate couverture paper to the thickness of the buckwheat (2 mm).
6,76% 70 g Butter anhydrous 17
11,09% 115 g Honey from open fields (dark)
Petit gateau
that we like some freshness and some great chocolate flavors to bring everything together. I therefore took my inspiration from François
Chartier flavour pariing science to create this "Petit Gateau".
honey
19,1% 125 g Sugar 13,8% 200 g Multifloral honey
20,3% 133 g Egg yolks 24,1% 350 g Cacao Barry Equateur 76%
2,7% 18 g Cacao Barry Cocoa powder dark chocolate couverture
"Plein arôme" 34,5% 500 g Cream 35%
5,5% 36 g Flour
3,4% 22 g Corn starch 100% 1450 g Total
11,9% 78 g Cacao Barry Alto el Sol 65%
dark chocolate couverture Method:
11,9% 78 g Cream 35% Heat the milk to 70ºC and poor on to the chocolate and the
honey. Emulsify with a stick blender and add the liquid cream.
100% 656 g Total Leave to crystallize one night in the fridge before whipping it to
the right consistency.
Method:
Whip the egg whites and sugar to obtain a firm foam with Note:
small air bubbles: add in the liquid yolks and fold these in with a Here we use inverted sugar in the honey to give our whipped
rubber spatula. ganache a nice and soft texture without loozing the amazing
Now add in the sieved dry ingredients, and finish with the flavor of the Equateur chocolate.
ganache made up of the Alto el sol and the cream. Bake for 12
minutes at 165ºC. ZéphyrTM Caramel - Buckwheat glaze
When taken out of the oven, cover staight away with cling-film 80,0% 1000 g ZéphyrTM Caramel 35% white chocolate
to keep the sponge nice and moist. with caramel taste
4,0% 50 g Neutral oil
Apricot and mandarin compote 16,0% 200 g Toasted buckwheat
49,9% 467 g Frozen apricot halves
19,7% 187 g Orange puree 100% 1250 g Total
17,3% 164 g Water
10,5% 100 g Sugar Method:
1,2% 11 g Pectine NH Melt everything together and temper to 28ºC. Before dipping
2,1% 20 g White wine vinegar the roulade pieces in to the upper edge, scrape the bottom well
on a griddle and set aside in the fridge.
100% 949 g Total
Method:
Add the defrosted puree and apricot halves to the water
along with the sugar and pectine NH mixture. Poor into a pan
an bring to the boil. Mix with an immersion blender to obtain a
smoother texture. Poor into a bowl and add the vinegar. Leave
to cool down.
When cold, spread 850 g on the sponge (40X60) and roll tightly
to a firm roulade: if needed, tighten in cling-film and keep in
the freezer. When frozen, make 3 cm makes and cut into slices.
Place - with the cut side down - on a baking paper. Place 2 tooth
picks in the top and dip into the Caramel ZéphyrTM glaze. Scrape
the bottom on a grill to obtain a flat side.
Honey
literally "the golden oldy".
Honeycomb
37,9% 200 g Multi-floral honey
9,5% 50 g Glucose DE40
comb
37,9% 200 g Sugar
3,8% 20 g Isomalt
9,5% 50 g Water
1,5% 8 g Sodiumbicarbonate
Method:
Place the water in a heavy bottom pan with high edges, then
add the sugars. Boil on a medium heat to obtain a light caramel
while gently steering. Add the bicarbonate all at once and whisk
it in to the "caramel": this will now blow up and become bubbly.
Poor on to a silicone mat and leave to cool. When cold, break in
to the desired size pieces and store airtight.
Options to process
Snacking
Just enrobe the small pieces with your favourite dark chocolate
couverture (since the honeycomb is sweet, we use dark chocolate)
leave to crystallize and store at room temperature.
Plated dessert
When cold, cutter the honeycomb to a fine powder, sieve an
even layer through a stencil placed on a silpat, bake 1-2 minutes
in a hot oven 180ºC. Leave to cool down and you now have shiny
caramel shards to use for plated desserts. Do watch out since
the powder will take on humidity quite fast, so store in a vacuum
bag or airtight.
Tablet
Add about 10% in weight of the small honeycomb pieces to
your favourite, tempered Cacao Barry chocolate, mould in to the
desired shape. Leave to crystallize before demoulding.
Honey
15,0% 110 g Oil ice cream mix, make an anglaise with all the ingredients and
14,3% 105 g Egg white leave to rest 12 hours, or overnight in the fridge at 4°c, churn the
2,7% 20 g Egg yolk ice cream for 3/4 of the way and place in the shock freezer for
26,5% 195 g Sugar 30 minutes. Store at -15°c for the best result.
14,3% 105 g Flour
plated dessert
1,4% 10 g Cacao Barry powder "Plein arôme" Cacao mass - honey crémeux
27,4% 300 g Cream 35%
100% 735 g Total 18,3 % 200 g Whole milk
27,4 % 300 g Acacia honey
Method: 11,4 % 125 g Egg yolks
Put all the ingredients into a mixer (blender) and mix for 5 minutes 15,5 % 170 g Grand caraque cacao mass
until you have a homogeneous mass, pour into an espuma bottle
and insert two gas capsules. Put into the fridge for a few hours. Pipe 100% 1095 g Total
1/5 into a plastic cup and "bake" in the microwave for 20 seconds.
Method:
Speculoos Create a "crème anglaise" with the cream, milk, honey and yolks.
20,2% 200 g Butter 86% Poor on to the cacaomass and emulsify. Store in the fridge for
20,2% 200 g Dark cassonade use the next day.
8,1% 80 g Sugar
2,0% 20 g Chestnut-honey Note:
5,0% 50 g Whole egg In this crémeux recipe we use cacao mass since it doesn't
40,3% 400 g Flour contain any sugar. We can then add more honey to increase its
0,4% 4 g Salt flavor intensity as a primary reason, and also for the inverted
0,5% 5 g Orange zests sugars present in the honey which will give this crémeux a silky
0,6% 6 g Baking powder smooth texture.
2,0% 20 g Ground cinnamon
0,2% 2 g Ground cardamon Honey and lemon Gel
0,1% 1 g Ground coriander 47,4% 360 g Lemon puree
0,1% 1 g Ground ginger 2,6% 20 g Milk powder 1%
0,1% 1 g Ground nutmegg 18,4% 140 g Water
0,1% 1 g Licoricepowder 26,4% 200 g Multi-floral honey
0,1% 1 g Ground fennel 4,0% 30 g Sugar
0,8% 6 g Agar Agar
100% 922 g Total 0,4% 3 g Gellan gum
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey
Honey
by
Mathieu Dierinck
Cacao Barry®