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Homemade Honey Buns

Homemade Honey Buns

Homemade Honey Buns

Are you ready to celebrate February? As months go, February is often disrespected and underappreciated, which is why we’ve decided to declare it Buzz Savories Honey Month! Wholesome for your body, sweet on the tongue and honey, of course, is a harbinger of spring.

We’re kicking off Buzz Savories Honey Month with Homemade Honey Buns. These soft, sweet treats will be a universal hit and the process of making them is almost as much fun as eating them. 

The dough is made with warm milk, active dry yeast honey, eggs and melted butter, that, as it rises, permeates the kitchen with the inviting aroma of honey. This is an easy recipe for a novice baker, with three classic steps: creating the dough, adding the filling and rolling the dough, and, if you wish, finishing it with a glaze. It’s not something I always do. Your choice.

Homemade Honey Buns

Recently, due to commitments on my time, I made the dough one day, then covered it tightly and placed it in the refrigerator overnight. The following day I set the bowl in a toasty, warm corner of my kitchen and within two hours it had warmed to room temperature and risen so that I could see the indent of my finger when pressed into the dough. Let’s just say refrigeration overnight is not required for Honey Bun dough but does it no harm.

Then the fun begins! Roll out the dough with a rolling pin or empty wine bottle, spread the filling over the dough, roll the dough up into a tube shape and cut 12 equal slices. Bake 20 or 25 minutes and you’re ready to serve a warm and tasty treat to celebrate the Valentine Month with family and friends.

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Homemade Honey Buns

A sweet beginning for the Valentines in your life. Honey Buns showcase Buzz Savories' natural, local and artisanal honey, and first time bakers and seasoned bakers produce these buns with ease. At Buzz Savories we are celebrating the month of Valentines with Homemade Honey Buns. Please join us.
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword breakfast, Buzz Savories Honey,, dessert, Easy Cooking, flavor rich, honey
Prep Time 3 hours
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 12

What You'll Need:

Dough

  • 1 cup warm whole milk warm the milk to temperature of your fingers
  • 2 ¼ tsp yeast (1 package)
  • cup Buzz Savories artisanal honey
  • 2 large eggs
  • cup unsalted butter melted
  • 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. salt

Filling

  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup Buzz Savories artisanal honey
  • 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • cup unsalted butter, melted

Glaze

  • 3 Tbs. Buzz Savories artisanal honey
  • 2 tsp. water (as needed to spread the powdered sugar and honey mixture)
  • 1 cup powdered sugar

How To Prepare:

Dough

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the warm milk, yeast and honey. Let sit for 5 minutes until the mixture forms bubbles on top indicating the yeast is working.
  • Add the eggs and melted butter and stir until well mixed.
  • In a separate bowl combine the flour and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and stir until well mixed then knead the dough until it becomes smooth and elastic.
  • Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover with a towel and let it rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
    At this juncture in the recipe, you may choose to refrigerate the dough after the mixing and kneading process. Cover tightly and refrigerate for 24 hours if desired. Take out of the refrigerator and allow the dough to return to room temperature and double in size - approximately 2 hours.

Filling

  • Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F. and grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
  • In a small bowl combine the brown sugar, cinnamon and honey. Mix.
  • Roll the dough out into a large rectangle, about 1/4 inch thick. Brush with melted butter over the dough.
  • With the flat side of a knife or spatula spread the filling over the dough.
  • Roll the dough tightly, starting from the long side and cut into 12 equal slices.
  • Place the buns in the prepared baking pan and let them rise for another 20 minutes.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

Glaze

  • In a small bowl, mix together the powdered sugar, honey and water to make the glaze. Drizzle the glaze over the warm buns.
  • Serve warm accompanied with drink of choice or dessert served with fruit. These buns are best served warm and fresh, but they can also be stored in an airtight container for 2 days.

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Pear and Honey Ricotta Tart

Pear and Honey Ricotta Tart

Pear and Honey Ricotta Tart

I’ve always thought of Valentine’s Day as a particularly elegant holiday, less about cards and candy hearts and red ribbon and more about stylish, graceful desserts served on your best china with a cup of tea. This recipe satisfies that desire and takes advantage of peak season for an underappreciated fruit.

Pears are considered a late-fall, early-winter fruit, which means pear season is…right now! Although there are many varieties of pear, for our Pear and Honey Ricotta Tart with Walnuts, we like easy-to-find Bartlett pears, known for their sweet, juicy flesh and delicate pear flavor.

I’ll be honest, I’m only recently learning to work with puff pastry, but I’m finding it quite a pleasure. If you’re unfamiliar with it, buy it frozen and thaw a single sheet overnight in the refrigerator. When you’re ready, place the sheet of pastry on a pastry cloth or board and cut it in half lengthwise so that each piece measures 10” x 5”.  The pastry pieces may require a bit of shaping with a rolling pin to extend them to the desired size. With that done, the scoring process is simply marking a half-inch border around each piece of puff pastry.

Pear and Honey Ricotta Tart

The remainder of the directions follow logically and involve preparing the pear filling with ricotta cheese and a dollop of Buzz Savories Artisanal Honey, folding and sealing the pastry, and then placing walnut pieces atop the tarts after they’ve been in the oven for ten minutes or so.

I’ve found the Pear and Honey Ricotta Tart to be a real crowd pleaser that looks as elegant as it tastes.  If you wish, you can serve it with a small scoop of ice cream, although I most often serve it directly from the oven accompanied by a cup of tea.

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Pear & Honey Ricotta Tart with Walnuts

The Golden Pear and Honey Tart is the perfect dessert for any occasion. The pears add a subtle flavor and the ricotta and honey make it both creamy and sweet.
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American, Italian
Keyword Buzz Savories Honey,, Easy Cooking, healthy, tine-saving
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings 6 10

What You'll Need:

  • 2 ripe golden pears
  • 1 sheet puff pastry
  • 1 cup ricotta cheese find ricotta cheese in refrigerator section near cottage cheese - ricotta is from Italy and is made from whey so is light and creamy.
  • 1 small lemon
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. granulated sugar and more for dusting
  • 3 tsp. Buzz Savories artisanal honey
  • 1 Tb. unsalted butter
  • ½ cup walnut pieces (or more if you wish)

How To Prepare:

  • Preheat the oven to 400 Degrees.
  • Zest about 1 tsp. from the lemon, then juice about 1 tsp. and set aside.
  • Stir together ricotta, lemon juice, cinnamon, sugar and 2 tsp. of honey in a small bowl and set aside.
  • Peel and then cut each pear into thin slices, about 1/4 inch discarding core and stem. Sprinkle pears with lemon juice to prevent them from discoloring.
  • Cut a standard puff pastry sheet in half lengthwise (you should have two 10" by 5" pieces. You may need to roll out the pastry pieces to extend them to desired length and width).
  • Score each pastry sheet with a ½ inch border, being careful not to cut all the way through.
  • Divide and spread the ricotta mix between the 2 puff pastry sheets. Layer the pear slices on top of ricotta. Finally, dot with dabs of butter.
  • Gently wet the borders of each tart with your fingers and generously coat the borders with a dusting of granulated sugar.
  • Bake the tarts for about 10 minutes, and remove from oven to sprinkle walnut pieces over the top of each tart.
  • Bake for another 10-15 minutes until the tarts are golden and puffed.
  • Drip the remaining tsp. of honey over the tarts. Finish with a sprinkle of lemon zest.

Notes

Recipe makes 2 tarts.

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Salmon with Lemon, Caper and Spicy Beer Mustard Sauce

Salmon with Lemon, Caper and Spicy Beer Mustard Sauce

Salmon with Lemon and Spicy Beer Mustard Sauce

May we live with ease in 2023 and may we cook and savor fine food.

Regular readers know that I am always a champion of simplicity and that tasty meals with minimal preparation get gold stars from me. To start the new year, we’re recommending pairing salmon with a light, delicious mustard sauce using Buzz Savories’ Spicy Beer Mustard. The fresh lemon, salty caper and mustard play well with skillet-roasted salmon fillets, and the artisanal nature and whole-grain texture of the Buzz Savories mustard gives it a flavor and quality that can’t be matched with a simple Dijon.

You can mix the sauce in just a few minutes as the salmon sautés away in its pan and prepare a delightful light dinner in just a few minutes. I like to pair it with Avocado and Grapefruit Salad and include a French baguette to help soak up any remaining sauce. Plus, if you save any salmon and sauce for lunch the next day, you’ll still find the flavors tangy, bright and rich.

Salmon with Lemon, Caper and Spicy Beer Mustard Sauce

If you’re new to pairing fish with mustard, try the Salmon with Lemon and Honey Mustard Sauce. You’ll find it a flavorful start to the new year.

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Salmon with Lemon, Caper and Spicy Beer Mustard Sauce

Easy quick salmon fillets roasted in a skillet and seasoned with a lemony, salty caper and Spicy Beer Mustard sauce. Assemble the few ingredients, and in 12 minutes, dinner is served.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword Easy Cooking, flavor rich, healthy, Spicy Beer Mustard, light,
Prep Time 12 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings 4

Equipment

  • heavy bottomed skillet

What You'll Need:

  • 4 5-6 oz salmon fillets - skinless preferred
  • 1 ½ tsp. kosher salt
  • 2 Tb olive oil
  • 4 green onion white parts, sliced thin
  • cup chicken broth and more to thin sauce as needed
  • 3 Tb freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 Tb Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard
  • 2 Tb capers, drained
  • 2 Tb unsalted butter

How To Prepare:

  • Heat a large heavy bottom skillet (your cast iron skillet?) over medium-high heat. Dry the salmon fillets well with paper towel and season each filet evenly with 1 tsp. salt or more depending on size of the fillets.
  • Add the oil to the skillet and heat an additional 30 seconds. Place the fillets on the skillet, flesh side down and cook undisturbed until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Carefully flip the fillets and cook an additional few minutes or until internal temp. of fillets measures 125 Degrees for medium rare. Insert the thermometer in thickest section of the fillet, and 120 Degrees for salmon cooked rare.
  • Lift salmon out of skillet and place on a serving platter or plate.
  • Return the skillet to medium heat and add ½ Tb olive oil, ½ tsp salt, and the sliced green onions. Stir and cook until onions smell fragrant and look wilted. Add chicken broth, lemon juice and capers. Simmer for 4 minutes to reduce the sauce. Whisk in butter and mustard until combined. Spoon the sauce over the salmon and serve warm.

Notes

I like salmon with fruit, and a pear and avocado salad compliment the subtle flavors of the roasted salmon - see salad dressing recipe for a grapefruit/avocado salad among the recipes on buzzsavoriesllc.com website. Add a crusty French Baguette to dip in the full-of-flavor sauce.
Make plenty and save leftovers for plates of cold salmon served next day because the flavor deepens in the refrigerator, and is not to be missed.

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Pigs in Blankets and Spicy Mustard Dipping Sauce

Pigs in Blankets and Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

Pigs in Blankets and Spicy Mustard Dipping Sauce

Holidays mean parties and I believe they always have. Today, December 2022, I am reminiscing about the 1970’s and good times with friends as we  celebrated a new love, a new job, friends, a weekend – any reason served us. A great tradition at those parties was Pigs in a Blanket appetizers with a spicy mustard dipping sauce. The flavorful, meaty sausage is an ideal complement to the crisp bread wrapping provided by the commercial refrigerated crescent rolls. 

For this edition, we updated the mustard dipping sauce recipe with Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard so you can offer guests a taste that is both thoroughly modern and with a rich history. Prepare your PIBs the day before and wrap them in plastic wrap until they are ready to bake. That way you’ll get the benefit of their delicious smell as they come out of the oven. We merely suggest that you make plenty because they’re still a popular appetizer at a variety of parties.

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Pigs in Blankets and Spicy Mustard Dipping Sauce

Pigs in a Blanket make a party a party. They disappear quickly so make plenty and serve with a dipping sauce made with Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword Buzz Savories Honey Mustard, Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard, Easy Cooking, Holiday Grazing and Dipping
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 8

What You'll Need:

  • 1 8 oz. can refrigerated crescent rolls
  • 1 10 oz. package smoked cocktail sausages
  • 1 large egg, beaten to blend
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • 2 Tb. Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard
  • 2 tsp. red wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp. Tabasco sauce (or to taste)

How To Prepare:

  • Place racks in upper and lower third of oven and preheat to 375 Degrees.
  • Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Unroll one 8-oz. can refrigerated crescent rolls onto a cutting board and tear sheets at perforations to separate into triangles. Cut each triangle lengthwise into 3 thin equal size smaller triangles.
  • Working one at a time, place sausages or franks on the short ends of triangles of dough; roll up and press point end to seal.
  • Divide between 2 parchment lined baking sheets, placing point side down (you should have 24 total). Brush dough with beaten egg and bake until dough is cooked through and golden brown, 13-15 minutes.
  • Combine Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard, mayo, Tabasco and red wine vinegar and blend. Pour into a small serving bowl suitable for dipping.
  • Transfer Pigs in a Blanket to a platter. Serve accompanied by the Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard dipping sauce.

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20-Minute Honey Lace Cookies

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20-Minute Honey Lace Cookies

It’s December, and therefore the season of shopping, wrapping, decorating, mailing and hurrying is upon me. I barely have time for my “need-to-do” list just as my “want-to-do” and “nice-to-do” lists sprout wings!

I did find a solution for a favorite “want-to-do” — baking pretty Christmas cookies. I fell in love with Martha Stewart’s Lace Cookies at first sight for these reasons:

  1. They look simple yet elegant and the warm caramel color and enticing aroma evoke sweet memories.
  2. There are only five ingredients. You read correctly, just honey, butter, light brown sugar, flour and a pinch of salt.  All available right now on my pantry shelf, so no shopping! 
  3. I mixed and baked a batch in less than 20 minutes.
  4. The clean-up is easy because the recipe only asks for one small pan to melt the butter, brown sugar and honey, a bowl to stir in the flour and salt, and two parchment-lined baking sheets.

Of course, I especially appreciate the flavor because with Buzz Savories single-source, artisanal honey, I can taste the flowers of summer as I smell the sweetness of the honey in the warm cookie. It’s the kind of cookie that makes holiday entertaining easy.

So, just a bit of advice extra from me: acquire a local honey to experience the full opulence of these cookies. And buy your honey here.

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Martha Stewart's Honey Lace Cookies

Martha Stewart's Lace Christmas Cookies recipe features Artisanal honey. The variety of florals of Buzz Savories Artisanal Honey are captured in this simple (5 ingredient) recipe.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Buzz Savories Honey,, Easy Cooking, Holiday Grazing and Dipping, honey, tine-saving
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Servings 16

What You'll Need:

  • 2 Tb. unsalted butter
  • 2 Tb light-brown sugar
  • 1 ½ Tb. honey
  • 2 Tb. all-purpose flour
  • pinch salt

How To Prepare:

LACE COOKIES Step 1

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line two large baking sheets with Silpats (French baking mats) or parchment paper. Set aside.
    In a small saucepan, melt (not boil) butter, sugar, and honey. Transfer to a bowl. Whisk in flour and salt until smooth.

LACE COOKIES Step 2

  • Working quickly, drop ½ teaspoons of batter onto prepared baking sheets, at least 3 inches apart. Bake until cookies spread and turn golden brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer sheet to a wire rack; let cool completely. With your fingers, carefully remove cookies from pan.
    Notes: Scoop butter with a measuring spoon to ensure evenly sized cookies. Leave adequate space between dollops; they expand while they bake.

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Buzz Savories Mustard and Honey Pretzels

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Buzz Savories Mustard and Honey Pretzels

What  part of all Holiday traditions and expectations do you most enjoy? 

My favorite moments are when my family and friends and neighbors stop by to share Holiday greetings.   I keep cheeses, dips, and crudites in the refrigerator so I can offer light and delicious appetizers for grazing while we visit.

The Buzz Savories Mustard and Honey flavored pretzels take a starring role on the table.

Their savory and sweet flavors belong with coffee and cookies and/or beer and sausages.  I often serve it with a favorite sour cream and onion dip or piled in a basket for easy munching.    I make these savory pretzels starting on Thanksgiving and several batches later, we are grazing on them during the Christmas Holiday and all important – they are fun to make and require little clean-up. 

Stock your pantry now with  Buzz Savories mustards and honey to put some ease into hosting the Holidays!

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Buzz Savories Mustard and Honey Pretzels

Add savory to the sweet during this Holiday and enjoy the making and then the grazing potential of the Buzz Savory Mustard/Honey Pretzels.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword Buzz Savories Honey,, Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard, Holiday Grazing and Dipping
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 12

What You'll Need:

  • 16 oz. sack of pretzels-sticks or wheel shapes/your preference
  • 3 Tb. butter
  • 3 Tb. Buzz Savories Mustard
  • cup Buzz Savories Honey
  • ½ tsp. garlic powder

How To Prepare:

  • Preheat oven to 250 Degrees.
  • Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
  • Melt the butter in a 12" skillet and add the mustard, garlic powder and honey, heat until the mixture comes to a simmer.
  • Arrange the pretzels in a single layer on the baking sheet and pour the mustard and honey mixture over the pretzels.
  • Gently stir and shake the pretzels enough to spread the savory sauce over every pretzel.
  • Place the baking sheet and pretzels in 250 Degree oven for 20 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool. Cover and store at room temperature.

Notes

Make several batches and give as gifts or as thank you to the host.

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Crunchy Parmesan-Crusted Pork Chops

Crunchy Parmesan-Crusted Pork Chops

Crunchy Parmesan-Crusted Pork Chops

Although I’m a fan of pork chops because they are a relatively lean cut of meat, there’s always a chance they’ll come out dry, tough and tasteless. A chewy pork chop is often a telltale sign of overcooking, no matter how you cook them, and undercooked pork is never the best idea. That’s why we suggest using an instant-read thermometer and cooking chops to an internal temperature of 165 degrees.

 

If your goal is well-cooked, fork-tender, flavorful pork chops here are a few tips and our latest favorite recipe.

 

Crunchy Parmesan-Crusted Pork Chops uses the natural ingredients in Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard to reduce moisture loss through the cooking process and help produce a rich, juicy, full-bodied flavor. To help insure a moist finished product, it’s a good idea to brine the meat, even for as little as half an hour, let it come to room temperature before cooking, and let it rest for a few minutes before serving.

Take a little care, and these may be the best pork chops you ever tried.

Crunchy Parmesan-Crusted Pork Chops

Bee prepared for winter

In November in the apiary, we add protective gear to our hives to reduce the impact of ice, snow, and cold winds while the bees cluster tightly inside to stay warm. The worker bees vibrate their bodies to generate heat. The queen is near the center of the cluster where the temperature can reach 90-100 degrees F. and the cluster expands or contracts depending on the outside temperatures.

It gets cold in Nebraska — well below freezing — but with a little help from us, we expect to find happy, healthy bees in the spring.

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Crunchy Parmesan-Crusted Pork Chops

Cut-it-with-a-fork pork tenderness with marvelous flavor and easy cooking.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard, Easy Cooking, flavor rich, healthy, mustard, pork chop
Prep Time 45 minutes
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • 1 sheet pan
  • 1 wire rack

What You'll Need:

  • 2 cups Panko bread crumbs toasted
  • 2 Tb olive oil
  • ¼ cup All-purpose flour
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 Tb. Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 4 6-8 oz. pork chops (3/4 to 1 inch)

How To Prepare:

  • Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 425 Degrees.
  • Toss Panko with 2 Tablespoons oil in bowl until evenly coated.
  • Microwave Panko, stirring every 30 seconds until light golden brown (5 minutes) or toast in a medium skillet on the stove top until medium brown (5-10 minutes).
  • Whisk eggs, mustard, salt and pepper together and pour into shallow dish.
  • Spread flour in a shallow dish.
  • Toss Panko and Parmesan cheese together in 3rd shallow dish.
  • Set a wire rack in a sheet pan or cookie sheet and spray with vegetable oil or grease lightly with vegetable oil.
  • Using a sharp knife, cut 2 slits , about 2 inches apart through fat on each side of pork chop.
  • Pat chops dry with paper towels, and then working with one chop at a time, dredge in flour, dip in egg mixture allowing excess to drip off. Lastly, coat with toasted panko crumbs, pressing gently to adhere.
  • Place pork chops on wire rack and roast chops to 145 Degrees, approximately 20-30 minutes, rotating pan half way through. Remove sheet from oven and let rest 5 minutes.
  • Serve with with your favorite autumn vegetable and maybe cranberry sauce.

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Sausages with Sauerkraut, Apples and Mustard

Sheet-Pan Sausages with Sauerkraut, Apples and Mustard

Sheet-Pan Sausages with Sauerkraut, Apples and Mustard

I realize that I am one of the lucky ones who can pick apples straight from the tree instead of having to sort through bins of them in the grocery store. If you have a family — or even if you don’t — picking apples is a fun activity for family and friends of all ages and finding an apple orchard near where you live is worth the effort.

On a golden day in mid-October, I picked Jonagold apples growing in The Apple Orchard north of Kearney, NE. When I thought we had “enough,” we brought them home and did a little update on a borrowed recipe to make an Apple, Sausage and Sauerkraut Sheetpan Dinner, featuring Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard

The mélange of roasted sausages, fruit, and vegetables tastes to me like autumn and offers the rich color palette of a day in October.  To top off the flavor, we added a cup of apple cider to the mix, then served our creation with crusty bread and a rich glass of red wine.

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The beekeeping life

Here is a picture of me standing in my beekeeper shed. Behind me you can see stacks of what we call wooden ware — hive boxes, lids, frames and bottom boards, as well as our medicines, beeswax, smoker, bee suit and more items than you would imagine necessary for managing an apiary.  

The task for the beekeeper (me) for the winter months is scraping and cleaning the wax and propolis (glue made by bees) from the tops and sides of the hive boxes and frames.  Bees and beekeepers appreciate neat and clean wooden ware in the apiary.  And there’s only one way to get it.

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Sheet-Pan Sausages with Sauerkraut, Apples and Mustard

A sheet-pan dinner based on Alsatian choucroute garnie, a dish of sauerkraut and various cuts of pork seasoned with mustard. We are featuring apples to welcome the apple season. Pork sausages are nestled into vegetables and apples, and the whole thing gets a generous cup of cider before it goes in the oven.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword Buzz Savories Honey Mustard, Easy Cooking, flavor rich, Light Dinner Meal
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings 4 people

What You'll Need:

  • 1 Tb. vegetable oil
  • 2 cups sauerkraut, drained of excess liquid
  • ½ cup sauerkraut liquid
  • 2 Tb. Buzz Savories Spicy Beer Mustard
  • 1 lb. pork sausage, such as potato bologna, Polish or any other you prefer. Cut into 1 1/2-2 inch pieces.
  • 1 medium red onion sliced in half moon pieces approximately ½ inch thick
  • 2 medium apples, unpeeled, cored and cut into chunks
  • 1 cup hard apple cider or fresh apple juice

How To Prepare:

  • Place sausages, onions and sauerkraut in a bowl and toss with the mustard.
  • Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 400 Degrees.
  • Oil a large, rimmed baking sheet with vegetable oil and add the sauerkraut, onions, sauerkraut mixture, and apple chunks.
  • Flatten the vegetable mixture with a spoon.
  • Arrange the sausage pieces on top of the vegetable/apple mixture.
  • Pour ½ cup of sauerkraut juice and 1 cup of apple cider or apple juice over everything.
  • Roast for 20 minutes and then rotate the pan front to back and roast another 20 minutes or until sausages are brown and apples and onions are tender.
  • Serve family style with crusty bread and additional Spicy Beer Mustard.

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Biscuits and Buzz Savories Honey

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Biscuits 'n Honey

Few things in life return such delight for their simplicity than fresh-from-the-oven Baking Powder Biscuits and Buzz Savories artisanal Nebraska wildflower honey.

Honey is one of those things that has a terroir — that is, the taste of the product is influenced by the environment in which it is produced. In our case, the terroir reflects the unique nectars produced by the flowers in a one-and-a-half-mile radius of the colony.  Buzz Savories’ bees sip nectar from wild plum blossoms, chokecherry, elderberry, clover, alfalfa, golden rod, and the tiny flowers of blue stem grasses in the Platte River Valley, to create its unique taste.

Did you know that big honey producers blend honey from hives across the country? While this lends consistency to their finished product, the unique tastes of Nebraska or any other specific region is lost.

Why not make a batch of our Baking Powder Biscuits and try them with our all-natural, artisanal, single-hive, wildflower Buzz Savories Honey for brunch or afternoon tea or a late-evening snack? It’s hard-to-beat goodness made easy.

biscuits and buzz savory honey

Meanwhile, back at the hive...

It’s honey harvest time. We recently lifted the honey supers from the hives and poured the warm and luscious honey into storage containers. The bees know when the honey is ready (meaning the moisture content is low enough) and cap it off with wax. A good rule of thumb for beekeepers is to look for the frames to be at least 80% capped before harvesting.

Beekeepers also take into consideration that the bees in the wild need honey for their use during winter.  In Nebraska, typical nutrient needs for a hive of bees throughout the winter is 50 lbs. of a concentrated sugar/water syrup to replace the honey we are removing. Never fear, they will transform the sugar/water syrup into honey for convenient storage in the top box of their hive during the cold months.

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Biscuits and Buzz Savories Honey

Baking Powder biscuits glazed with a swirl of Buzz Savories local Nebraska honey links to a memory of home that I cherish. Make this easy recipe and grab a jar of Buzz Savories honey tasting of wild plum, chokecherry, mallow, goldenrod, and clover for a taste and time to remember.
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Side Dish, Snack
Keyword Buzz Savories Honey,, Easy Cooking, flavor rich, healthy, honey, tine-saving
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 6 people

What You'll Need:

  • 1 ½ cups All-Purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp. Kosher salt or 1/2 tsp. table salt
  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter (cold)
  • ¾ cup Whole milk

How To Prepare:

  • Starting with a cold stick of butter, chop it into pieces the size of a lima bean and refrigerate again until use in the recipe.
  • Line baking sheet with parchment or lightly grease baking sheet with butter. Preheat oven to 400 Degrees.
  • Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl or the bowl of your food processor. Toss in the butter and work quickly with your fingers or a pastry blender until the mixture looks like a coarse meal. Alternate method: mix in a food processor by pulsing 3 times to achieve a coarse, crumbly mixture.
  • Add milk and stir with a fork until mixture just comes together into a slightly sticky, shaggy dough. Alternate method: blend in food processor only until the dough comes together into a slightly sticky, shaggy dough.
  • For small biscuits, use a teaspoon or small cookie scoop to drop onto the baking sheet. For larger biscuits use a ¼ cup container and drop the dough onto the baking sheet.
  • Bake the balls of dough as they dropped or flatten slightly and bake 15 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature.

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