Polish Buckwheat Blossom Honey

Description
Honey bees that collect and process the nectar of buckwheat flowers create a dark honey with a full, robust flavor. Buckwheat Honey can range in colour from coppery yellow to purple or nearly black. The average jar is dark amber with a reddish tint when held to the light. Compared with lighter-coloured varieties, buckwheat honey has a similar taste to molasses.

Buckwheat Honey – Polish answer to Manuka
Buckwheat honey has a deep, dark brown colour, a strong, molasses-like earthy flavor, and is high in mineral content and antioxidant compounds. The strong flavor of this honey is perfect when you need a sweetener with some backbone to stand up to other bold flavors.

Buckwheat honey uses in Cuisine:
This type of honey is excellent for cooking poultry, pork, or beef and for making barbecue sauces. Also, it stands up well to strong cheeses. I think a combination of buckwheat honey, blue cheese, and pears or figs would be a treat fit for a king. This honey is the key ingredient used to make gingerbread in some areas of France, where buckwheat plays an important cultural role.