Make your own rose water or oil at home with this method. You can make other herb extracts as well. You will need a lot of ice for this project, so plan ahead. ONCE YOU'VE MADE YOUR ROSEWATER, CLICK HERE FOR RECIPES AND IDEAS OF HOW TO USE IT!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Clean rose petals or herbs (grown without pesticides)
- Water
- Ice
Preparation:
I put a pyrex bowl on top of an inverted pyrex bowl. This increases the likely hood that the bowl will catch the condensation that drips down from the inverted lid:
Rosewater
Yield: 2 -4 cups
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 2 hours
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 2 hours
Ingredients:
8 cups loosely packed freshly picked rose petals
6 – 8 cups of distilled water
ice
Directions:
Rinse the rose petals.
Place a heat proof bowl in the center of a large pot ( I use my enamel canning pot). If you want you can place the bowl on top of another heat proof bowl that has been inverted (this will raise the bowl closer to the top of the pot).
Place the rose petals around the bottom of the pot, making sure not to get any in the bowl.
Cover the rose petals with the water, making sure not to get any in the bowl.
Place the lid on the pot upside down and fill the depression with ice. ( Be careful not to put in too much ice; you don’t want it to overflow when it melts).
Cook over a medium-high heat until the water begins to boil. Then lower the flame and simmer for up to 2 hours. Replace the melted ice with fresh ice as needed. Make sure the water doesn’t boil down. If it gets too low add some more distilled water.
The water that collects in the bowl is your rose water. Transfer it to a sterilized bottle or jar. The rose water will keep in the refrigerator for up to a month.
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