Home made Rose Flower Water?!
I want to buy homemade rose water for 'internal' use, thanks.
Answers: I can't find any in website, not the one in supermarket.
I want to buy homemade rose water for 'internal' use, thanks.
Rose water tips
I bring the water to a boil, turn it off and place the rose petals it it.
even try to put them in a large jar packed..then fill with water and place in the sun for a day or so and shake as often as you think about it....
the brown is from oxidation...
boiling might release the delicate scent...
pack lots of rose petals in water in Welch’s grape juice plastic bottle with a lid in the sun for a day. Drain the water over a sieve that is over a bowl and save rose water and squeeze the rose petals over the sieve over the bowl to get last of the rose water out. Refrigerate in the Welch’s grape juice bottle after getting the petals out and rinsing.
Rose Water (low heat…but sun way is better)
The first recipe I found that called for rose water was from a Shaker cookbook. It was used as a substitute for vanilla as the recipe called for either or.
Makes ? liter
50 min 10 min prep
3 cups fresh rose petals (make sure there are NO pesticides used on rosebushes)
1 liter mineral water
1. Put 3 large handfuls of petals into the clean pot.
2. Pour the water over the rose petals.
3. Cover the pot.
4. Place it over low heat and let it simmer until half the water is left.
5. Let it cool.
6. Discard the petals and pour the liquid (rosewater) into the sterile bottle.
7. Cap tightly and store in fridge.
http://www.recipezaar.com/24431
This recipe is the more traditional way to prepare rose water. Though it's a little more involved, its fun to do and the results are outstanding. You can make a quart of excellent-quality rose water in about 40 minutes. However, if you simmer the water too long, you will continue to produce distilled water but the rose essence will become diluted. Your rose water will smell more like plain distilled water, rather than the heavenly scent of roses.
Be sure you have a brick and heat-safe stainless steel or glass quart bowl ready before you begin.
INGREDIENTS
2-3 quarts fresh roses or rose petals
Water
Ice cubes or crushed ice
1. In the center of a large pot (the speckled blue canning pots are ideal) with an inverted lid (a rounded lid), place a fireplace brick. On top of the brick place the bowl. Put the roses in the pot; add enough flowers to reach the top of the brick. Pour in just enough water to cover the roses. The water should be just above the top of the brick.
2. Place the lid upside down on the pot. Turn on the stove and bring the water to a rolling boil, then lower heat to a slow steady simmer. As soon as the water begins to boil, toss two or three trays of ice cubes (or a bag of ice) on top of the lid.
3. You've now created a home still! As the water boils the steam rises, hits the top of the cold lid, and condenses. As it condenses it flows to the center of the lid and drops into the bowl. Every 20 minutes, quickly lift the lid and take out a tablespoon or two of the rose water. It's time to stop when you have between a pint and a quart of water that smells and tastes strongly like roses.
???? tough...
I think it too early for roses to bloom...??
So you should have time to go to B&N to find a book on herbs with recipes.. I had one but my son made me feel guilty and I let him steal it from me..
OH I keep forgetting
THE LIBRARY free..
Another point >> be carefull about Homemade YOU have NO gaurentee it is free of other drugs...