Essence of Lavender
Ingredients
Directions
In warm weather, remove the blossoms from the stalks and spread them on a linen cloth in the shade for 24 hours.
Bruise the blossoms and place them in warm water.
Cover the mixture closely and let it sit near the fire for 4 to 5 hours.
Distill the blossoms in the usual way.
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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