Famille Perronneau French Lavender Honey

French lavender honey with a floral character that comes into its own on warm toast, creamy yogurt and fresh cheese. Famille Perronneau’s honey is an easy way to make breakfast or a simple dessert feel a little more special.

About Famille Perronneau

The Perronneaus have kept bees in Burgundy since 1890; the fourth and fifth generations run the house today, from the honey farm outside Dijon. They practise pastoral beekeeping, moving several thousand hives across France so the bees work one bloom at a time — the lavender fields of the south in high summer for this one — and every honey is analysed before it is jarred to confirm it is exactly what the label says.

About lavender honey

Lavender honey is pale gold, gently perfumed and slightly herbal at the finish — a flower note rather than a soap one. It sets naturally to a fine, creamy crystal, which is how the French like it on bread.

How to enjoy

• Drizzle over yogurt, fruit, scones and warm pastries
• Pair with chèvre, brie or blue cheese
• Stir into tea or use in simple cakes and custards

Details

• Net weight: 8.8 oz (250 g)
• Origin: France

Ingredients

100% honey.

Questions

Does it taste like lavender? It smells of it and tastes of the flower, not the bathroom cabinet: floral, faintly herbal, then clean honey sweetness.

Why is it creamy or opaque? Lavender honey crystallises finely and naturally. It is not a fault; warm the jar gently if you prefer it liquid.

Does honey expire? No. Stored with the lid on, honey keeps indefinitely; see our note on best-by dates.

Pairs with

Acacia honey for the quieter days; A L’Olivier lavender olive oil for the same flower on the savoury side; L’Abeille Occitane lavender-honey candies with coffee. More honeys, confitures and flower confits.

Lello’s Point of View

Why we chose it. Lavender honey tastes of place. The floral, faintly herbal character carries the feeling of southern French lavender fields without becoming perfumed or overly sweet.

What it makes better. Warm toast, yogurt, chèvre and blue cheese need almost nothing else once a spoonful of this is involved. It is an ingredient and a finishing touch at the same time.

How we would use it. Put it on a cheese board beside chèvre or blue cheese, spoon it over thick yogurt, or let it melt into warm toast at breakfast.

Who will love it. Francophiles, honey collectors, cheese lovers and anyone who wants a pantry souvenir of Provence that is meant to be eaten rather than displayed.

Why it earns its place. 100% French honey from a family that has kept bees since 1890, gathered from lavender bloom and naturally capable of setting to a fine creamy texture, gives this jar both provenance and personality.