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Oil of Roses, By Infusion

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Oil of Roses, By Infusion

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Heat the virgin oil in a water bath.

  2. Add the fresh rose petals to the heated oil.

  3. Let the mixture sit in the water bath for 30 minutes.

  4. Remove from the bath and stir the mixture twice over 24 hours.

  5. Strain through a cloth and express all the oil.

  6. Repeat the process by adding fresh roses for 5 to 7 times until the oil is sufficiently perfumed.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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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