I first had hot honey when I went to Fredericksburg,VA last summer for Digital Pedagogy Lab, a faculty development conference. I spent an hour or so walking around one evening after we got out for the day and stumbled on a food truck (Rosie’s Food Truck) selling pizza.

 

I had a slice of pepperoni with arugula and hot honey, and it was awesome. Hot honey is a revelation. It is sweet and mellow but then there’s this surprise of heat and spice!

 

 

 

I looked online and found a few recipes like this: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/hot-honey

 

A lot of the recipes made big batches, which I didn’t want to try at first, so I took the ideas and kind of did my own thing. I poured a cup of honey in a pan and set the heat to low. Then I added a few slices of jalapeno peppers, some red chili flakes, and some sea salt and simmered for around 15 minutes.

 

It worked out well: I served it to friends on an arugula salad with peaches and goat cheese.