Making Rosewater with Dried Petals

Making Rosewater with Dried Petals:

Ingredients:

¼ cup rose petals, dried

1 ¼ cup (300 milliliters) hot, distilled water

Methods:

• Gather your supplies. In addition to the dried rose petals and hot water, you will also need two glass mason jars and a strainer.

• Put the dried rose petals into one of the jars. If you want to use this water for cooking, then consider getting dried petals from edible roses, such as Rosa damascena, Rosa Centifolia and Rosa Gallica.They will give you the best taste.

• Pour hot, but not boiling, water over the petals. Make sure that you are using distilled water, which is free of any bacteria. If you cannot find distilled water, then you can use filtered water instead.

• Cover the jar and let the water cool. This will take about 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the temperature of the room.

• Put a strainer over the empty jar. You will be transferring the rosewater into this jar; the strainer will catch the rose petals.

• Pour the rosewater into the jar. Carefully put the water in the strainer, so that the water flows into the empty jar and the petals get caught in the strainer. Once all of the water is in the new jar, you can discard the petals.

• Seal the jar and store it in the fridge. You will need to use this rosewater within one week if you leave it at room temperature, or else it will expire. Put the container in the fridge and store it for up to 3 months.