Post by beirn on Mar 2, 2007 10:02:26 GMT
Homemade Rose Water and Rose Oil
Ingredients and Instructions
You can make rose water and extracts at home. Take a
large pot, insert a clean brick or rock, fill with rose petals around the brick. Cover with water and place a small glass dish on
top of the brick. On top of the pot put a stainless bowl and fill with ice.
Simmer about three hours depending how many petals you have,
replacing the ice as needed. The bowl with the ice will condense the steam
and drip down into the glass bowl.
The water in the glass bowl is your rose
water
Rose Oil: on top will be a layer of oil. This is the essential
oil. You can separate these and use the water in cooking and the essential
oil in potpourri, lotions, soaps or whatever.
As you can imagine making rose oil is horribly timeconsuming but if you feel the mad urge that's how you do it:) Rose water is a basic ingredient in many herbal cosmetics, soaps and potions and being able to make it is handy.
You can use the same technique to make water/oil fom any herb, but especially stringer smelling or large leafed herbs.
Ingredients and Instructions
You can make rose water and extracts at home. Take a
large pot, insert a clean brick or rock, fill with rose petals around the brick. Cover with water and place a small glass dish on
top of the brick. On top of the pot put a stainless bowl and fill with ice.
Simmer about three hours depending how many petals you have,
replacing the ice as needed. The bowl with the ice will condense the steam
and drip down into the glass bowl.
The water in the glass bowl is your rose
water
Rose Oil: on top will be a layer of oil. This is the essential
oil. You can separate these and use the water in cooking and the essential
oil in potpourri, lotions, soaps or whatever.
As you can imagine making rose oil is horribly timeconsuming but if you feel the mad urge that's how you do it:) Rose water is a basic ingredient in many herbal cosmetics, soaps and potions and being able to make it is handy.
You can use the same technique to make water/oil fom any herb, but especially stringer smelling or large leafed herbs.