Introducing Nr. 12 Cayenne: the first hot honey by Le Souffle d'Adore
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A new addition to the Le Souffle d'Adore collection: natural honey infused with cayenne pepper. Gentle sweetness first, then a warm spark of chilli. Discover a flavour our collection has never offered before.
You take a spoonful, and for the first few seconds it is simply honey: thick, amber and softly floral. Then the warmth arrives. It builds slowly and gently, and lingers long after the spoon is empty. This is Nr. 12 Honey Infusion Cayenne, the first hot honey in the Le Souffle d'Adore collection.
Hot honey was born in 2010 in a Brooklyn pizzeria. Today it appears on one in nine restaurant menus across the United States.
Nr. 12 has just two ingredients: 97% natural honey and 3% cayenne pepper. The pepper is infused in the honey, much like herbs in olive oil. Over time, the honey takes on the pepper's aroma, colour and heat. The result is a seamless flavour, where sweetness and warmth arrive as a single wave. The honey is thick, so the pepper stays evenly suspended and never settles at the bottom. Every spoonful tastes the same, from the first to the last.
Nr. 12 comes alive with grilled meats, aged cheeses and warm salads. When using it as a glaze, brush it on in the final minutes of cooking, otherwise the honey will burn.
The warmth comes from capsaicin, a natural compound in cayenne pepper. It activates TRPV1, the heat receptor in your mouth, so you sense heat even though the honey is at room temperature. On the Scoville scale, cayenne is around ten times hotter than jalapeño, and the sweetness of the honey makes its warmth soft and rounded.
Place Nr. 12 on the table beside a cheese board, and your guests will be sure to ask to see the jar. Be among the first to try it. And if you are looking for a gift for a true food lover, Nr. 12 will surprise even those who believe they have tasted everything.
Ingredients: natural honey 97%, cayenne pepper 3%.
Made in Encamp, Andorra. Our production is ISO 22000 certified.