German cuisine · Breakfast & Eggs

Honey Bread with Butter

Fresh white bread with cold butter and creamy blossom honey, rounded off with sea salt and cinnamon.

Ingredients · for 2 servings

• 4 slices white bread
• 50 g butter
• 4 tbsp blossom honey
• 1 pinch cinnamon
• 1 pinch coarse sea salt
• 2 tbsp walnuts
• 1 organic lemon (zest)

Instructions

1. Take the butter out of the fridge 20 min before preparing, so it's soft enough to spread.
2. If the honey has crystallized, place the jar in a warm water bath for 5 min, until it flows smoothly from the spoon again.
3. Roughly chop the walnuts and toast in a dry pan for 2 min, until fragrant; finely zest the lemon.
4. Lightly toast the white bread slices without fat in a pan or toaster for 1–2 min per side, until crisp outside but still soft inside, and spread the still-warm slices thickly with butter right away.
5. Drizzle the honey over spoonful by spoonful and spread evenly with the back of the spoon, almost to the edge.
6. Sprinkle with the walnuts, lemon zest, a pinch of cinnamon and a few grains of coarse sea salt, and serve immediately.