Rose-water
Ingredients
Directions
Pour sufficient water over the rose petals in the still to prevent burning.
Distill off a gallon of rose-water.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Fresh rose petals
- Provide the aromatic oils and fragrance that give the rose water its flavour.
The step that matters
Adding water before distilling. Enough water covering the petals keeps them from scorching on the still's base during heating, which would spoil the aroma of the distillate.
“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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