This rose petal honey makes a delicious tea to help prevent colds and soothe sore throats. I use it in cakes instead of sugar, and my son eats it on his French toast and muffins.
Rose petal honey also has benefits for skin! What you don’t eat for breakfast can be applied as a facial mask to revive your skin and give you a glowing complexion.
This recipe from my book, The Herbal Kitchen, features both rose petals and rose hips.
Rose Petal Benefits
Roses (Rosa spp.) aren’t just beautiful and fragrant, they also have many healing virtues and are a valuable medicine, food, and cosmetic ingredient.
Rose petals calm the nerves and soothe anxiety, restlessness, and nervousness. They help cool the body if you feel overheated, frustrated, or irritable.
Rose petals are also an effective topical anti-inflammatory and rose petal honey can soothe acne or irritated facial skin.
Rose Hips Benefits
Rose hips have a sweet, tart taste that adds a fizz of flavor to your rose petal honey.
They are one of the highest plant sources of vitamin C and have historically been used to treat scurvy. A powerhouse of vitamins and minerals, rose hips also have carminative properties that help the body absorb nutrients.
Their anti-inflammatory flavonoids help to prevent gastrointestinal inflammation that’s a side effect of eating processed and pesticide-contaminated foods.
All roses — red, pink, purple, yellow — are edible and medicinal. You can harvest your own petals and hips as long as they are organically grown and haven’t been sprayed with pesticides. Or, you can purchase dried rose petals and rose hips from Mountain Rose Herbs.
Rose Petal Honey
Ingredients
- 1 cup honey
- 3 tbsp powdered rose hips
- 2 tbsp powdered rose petals
Instructions
- Put honey into a sterilized jar.
- Put the jar into a double boiler over low heat.
- Gently heat for 15 minutes, or until it is warm. Do not boil or overheat the honey, just warm it up until the herbs can be easily mixed in.
- Stir the herbs into the honey while it is still warm.
- Remove jar of honey from double boiler and let cool.
- Store the honey in a cabinet for 2 weeks before using.
- Occasionally stir the contents, mixing herbs thoroughly into the honey.
- Just leave the herbs in the honey as you use it. There is no need to strain the herbs out at any point.
I would love to hear from you! Have you made rose petal honey? What are your favorite ways to use roses? Please share in the comments below.
More Resources
Roses For Your Health
Video: Rose Petals Benefits
I love making all things rose! I use rose water and witch Hazel as a cooling face tonic in the summer, I have several varieties of herbal tea blend with roses…if it’s for calming, peace or sleep? Roses (lavender and chamomile are my go to). I just made a batch of simple syrup to add to teas and lemonades. I will be attempting to make this cordial this week! Sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing so generously your recipes and wisdom!
I tried making rose hip honey a while back. I just threw my cleaned out rose hips that were fresh picked that day into a bit of room temp honey and let it sit in a warm window for a month. Since watching your videos on the best way to make salves and oils I have learned that finely chopping and powdering some herbs is ideal to get the maximum benefits of the herb you are using. Thank you so much for your sharing your expertise. I was wondering with this rose petal honey recipe if you could use rose… Read more »
Yes, sounds good!