Homemade Ginger Honey Candy
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A healthy homemade candy carefully brewed with spicy ginger and sweet honey.
- Homemade ginger honey candy holds spicy sharpness in a glassy sugar base heated to the crack stage.
- Cooking to 150°C hard-crack stage locks ginger's sharpness in glassy sugar
Key ingredients
Core cooking flow
- 1 Grate 50g fresh ginger on a fine grater, then squeeze through a fine sieve o...
- 2 Combine 150g sugar, 50ml water, 100g honey, and the ginger juice in a heavy-...
- 3 Heat to 150C using a candy thermometer; without a thermometer, drop a small...
A healthy homemade candy carefully brewed with spicy ginger and sweet honey.
What Makes This Special
- Homemade ginger honey candy holds spicy sharpness in a glassy sugar base heated to the crack stage.
- Cooking to 150°C hard-crack stage locks ginger's sharpness in glassy sugar
- No-stir technique prevents crystallization that would cloud the candy
- Honey plus granulated sugar layered sweetness adds depth beyond plain sugar
Instructions
- 1
Grate 50g fresh ginger on a fine grater, then squeeze through a fine sieve or cheesecloth to extract exactly 50ml of pure ginger juice.
- 2
Combine 150g sugar, 50ml water, 100g honey, and the ginger juice in a heavy-bottomed pot and heat over medium heat without stirring at any point.
- 3
Heat to 150C using a candy thermometer; without a thermometer, drop a small amount into cold water and it should harden instantly into a brittle shard that snaps cleanly.
- 4
Remove from heat and quickly drop small bite-sized portions onto a silicone mold or parchment paper; if the syrup begins to set too quickly, briefly warm it again over low heat to loosen.
- 5
Wait 15 to 20 minutes at room temperature until the candies are completely transparent and hard to the touch.
- 6
Sift 20g powdered sugar evenly over the completely hardened candies to prevent them from sticking together, then store in an airtight container.
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