I am looking for a recipe to make peppermint oil. I have a great deal of freshly grown peppermint.?!
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true peppermint oil is the oil extracted from the peppermint leaves!. if you want to make a peppermint infused oil, you can do that very easily!. choose the oil you want to use!. preferably one very light in its own flavor!. blanch the peppermint leaves very quickly!. put the leaves and oil in a blender!. food processor if you don't have a good blender and pulverize!. strain through cheese cloth in a seive or china cap or whatever you have that has small holes!. the cheese cloth should be folded over itself at least once!. that depends on how small your peppermint is!. voila' the oil will keep for a while if you refrigerate it!. i would make a small amount and dry the rest of your peppermint upside down!. you can still use the mint for the same things, it just lasts longer dried!.Www@FoodAQ@Com