Honeycomb Garnish

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Honeycomb - also known as cinder toffee - makes a delicious sweet garnish for desserts. It adds the perfect crunch and a little pop of colour to simple desserts, and pairs brilliantly with chocolate. Here we've served it with a Pots & Co Double Chocolate Ganache and some chocolate-covered cacao nibs. Pots & Co’s full dessert range can be found on their website.

First published in 2023
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Ingredients

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  • 110g of cane sugar
  • 40g of glucose
  • 20ml of water
  • 70g of honey
  • 6g of sodium bicarbonate

Equipment

  • Sugar thermometer

Method

1

Line a wide, rimmed metal baking tray with some parchment paper

2

Add sugar, glucose, water and honey to a medium sized pan. Cook on a high heat until the syrup reaches 156°C, and turns golden brown

  • 110g of cane sugar
  • 40g of glucose
  • 20ml of water
  • 70g of honey
3

Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the bicarb, whisking vigorously to dissolve any lumps. It will bubble up a lot, so take care

  • 6g of sodium bicarbonate
4

Quickly pour the mixture into your prepared container. Allow to cool completely before breaking into small pieces to use as garnish, or storing in an airtight container. We served ours with some chocolate covered cacao nibs and a Pots & Co Double Chocolate Ganache

First published in 2023
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Andrew Chelley is the Senior Development Chef at Pots & Co, a company making handmade potted desserts from high-quality ingredients. He has previously worked at many different restaurants including the Michelin-starred L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Paris, Kitchen W8 and Bluebird in Chelsea. He previously worked with Phil Howard at Sonny’s.

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