• Put the nettle in a colander and pour boiling water over the young nettle (SO THAT IT DOES NOT BURN).
• Cool the nettle, rinse and dry it well, and THOROUGHLY with a paper towel or a kitchen towel.
• When the nettle is completely dry, transfer it to a blender and add honey. Blend it, and voila! All ready to go.
• Note that - if the nettle is very young and delicate and it does not burn yet, you do not need to pour boiling water over it - you can mix it completely raw.
• Pour the nettle, honey, into a dry mason jar.
• Store in the dark and cool cabinet. Honey itself is a preservative.

The method with using dried nettle.

• Mixing the honey with dried herbs can be tricky because they hold onto the air. The herbs are light and float on top of the honey for the first couple of days. Still simple; all you have to do is put the ingredients in the bottom of the mason jar and top it with honey. Use a wooden spoon handle to stir the honey into the herbs. Wait a few minutes, repeat the process, and add more honey. Continue with this method until you add the full amount of honey, then close the jar and place it in a warm place in the kitchen.

  Turn the jar on its end every couple of days, ensuring that the honey stays mixed with the herbs and seeps into them. Over time, the herbs should stop sitting on top of the honey.

Let your mixture infuse for 2-3 weeks, longer if you want a more robust flavor.

• When the honey is ready to use, place the jar of honey and herbs in a container full of hot water for five to ten minutes. Gently warming the honey first makes it easier for the honey to drain off of the herbs. Strain the honey into a clean mason jar using a fine mesh strainer. Let the mixture sit for ten minutes to give the honey plenty of time to drain.