Warm whole wheat croissant with butter and hot honey, fresh fruit and coffee:
The NYT had a recent piece on Hot Honey Shrimp in which I learned that hot pepper infused honey is a thing that can be bought in a jar at the supermarket....or some supermarkets, anyway. I had no idea. I'm out of shrimp but wanted to test out the flavors so I mixed up the honey, cayenne, freshly grated ginger and lime zest (omitting the garlic from the recipe for now) and used it to anoint my croissant. Nice. I'd intended to just mix up some hot honey but I'm such a sucker for lime and ginger that I had to throw them in, too. Will try it with shrimp one of these days but in the meantime, it's plenty nice for breakfast.
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Edited to add that next time I will try one of the hot honey recipes that use fresh chiles rather than the dried cayenne called for here. This was certainly quick and easy but I think fresh chiles would give a better flavor.
