In celebration of the New Year, I am sharing a recipe for rose oxymel. This was my first go at oxymels and I’ve got to say it was delicious. I enjoyed it in lemonade but loved it as a salad dressing with a little olive oil. Note health benefits below the recipe.

Rose Oxymel

Fill a mason jar ⅓-½ full with dried organic rose petals/rosebuds

Fill the jar ⅔ full (more or less depending on your preferred taste) with organic raw apple cider vinegar

Fill rest of the way with raw honey (use organic glycerin or coconut nectar to make it vegan)

I added a little crushed cardamom and hawthorn berries

Cover with a plastic lid and shake (apple cider vinegar will corrode metal)

Let sit for 2 weeks in a warm place shaking daily

Strain through a cheesecloth

Store in a cool place

Dosage: 1 tablespoon daily as a health tonic

Heart tonic, poor digestion, worry, nervousness, chest or abdominal pain and bloat, PMS
Try adding it to cocktails, use as a dressing or marinade, add to lemonade