Description
A super easy home remedy, this DIY fermented garlic honey is perfect for coughs, colds and flu. All you need is 2 ingredients and 5 minutes!
Ingredients
Scale
- Raw, unpasteurized honey
- 2–3 cloves fresh garlic (or enough to fill your glass jar)
Instructions
- This is the most time-consuming step in the whole recipe. Depending on the size of your glass jar, peel enough garlic cloves to fill about 3/4 of the jar. Once you have all of your garlic cloves peeled, just add them all to your clean glass jar.
- Grab your raw honey and pour it over your garlic cloves, leaving a little bit of space at the top of your jar. Some of your garlic cloves may float, but that’s totally okay!
- Once your honey is added, loosely seal your glass jar to allow for gasses to escape and flip it upside down onto a plate or napkin. For the fermentation process, you’ll want to store it in a cool, dry, dark area such as a pantry or kitchen cabinet.
- Every couple of days, gently flip the jar, ensuring all the garlic stays coated with honey. (You’ll want to tighten the lid when doing this, just to prevent any spills. Re-loosen the lid when returned to its upright position). If you’re using a jar with a round clip lid, you’ll need to ‘burp’ your honey every couple of days, releasing the gasses that form from the fermentation process.
- Let the garlic and honey ferment for at least a month. During this time you’ll notice bubbles forming on the surface of your honey. That’s what we want!