To Distill Lavender Water
Ingredients
Directions
Distill
Put the lavender neps and water into a cold still.
Make a slow fire under the still.
Distill it off very slowly.
Transfer the distilled liquid into a pot until fully distilled.
Bottle
Bottle the liquid and cork it well.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Lavender neps
- Provides the volatile aromatic oils that give the water its fragrance.
The step that matters
Distill it off very slowly. A slow, gentle fire keeps the still from overheating, so the delicate aromatic oils vaporise and carry over cleanly instead of scorching or turning harsh.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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