One ingredient. The whole morning elevates.
There are mornings I open the honey and just smell it before I do anything else. That particular floral warmth — orange blossom, specifically, from Sicilian orange trees that bloom for a brief, unrepeatable window each spring — is a thing you want to encounter slowly.
One ingredient. The whole morning elevates.
Ingredients
- 1–2 teaspoons Tutto Sicilia Orange Blossom Honey
- 1–2 slices good bread, toasted
- A handful of berries — blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, or whatever is best right now
- Ricotta or good butter (optional)
Instructions
- Toast the bread until properly golden.
- Spread with ricotta or butter if using — optional but very good.
- Scatter the berries.
- Pour the honey over everything slowly, a filo — in a thin thread, not a puddle.
Nonna's Notes
She poured the honey herself. She didn't trust anyone else to know how much was right. Pour until it looks like you mean it.
Poured over toast with berries, it does something that seems too simple to be this good. The honey runs into every crevice of good bread. The berries collapse slightly under the weight of it. Everything tastes like the beginning of a very good day.
This isn't a recipe. It's a reminder that breakfast doesn't have to be complicated to be exactly right.
The best test of any honey is this: bread, nothing else competing. If it's good, you'll know in the first bite. This is good.
