Cooking with essential oils
2 to 3 drops of essential oils are all it takes to transform your recipes.
Simple and general rules about using essential oils in your recipes:
- on average, use 1 drop of essential oil to each 10 ml of fatty oil (sunflower, olive, or hazelnut)
- use 100% pure and natural essential oils
- to create your scented oils, let the mixture age for three weeks so that the essential oils can completely infuse it with their fragrance.
Principle for cooked dishes:
To incorporate an essential oil effectively, it must be mixed with a vegetable oil (olive or sunflower, etc). In general the most commonly used essential oils are from aromatic herbs, but spices are used as well ( , , garlic, , , origano, , taragon, , , Mint , , coriander... )
Principle for desserts:
To incorporate an essential oil effectively, it is sufficient to mix it with a fatty substance (egg yolk, melted butter or chocolate, margarine, oil, etc.) or with a sugary substance (honey, syrup). The most commonly used essential oils in this case will be the citruses,
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, mint, vanilla, bergamote, for example, but you can scent your desserts with more unusual flavors such as
or
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Néroliane cooking kits: Astonishing Aromatics, Citrus Melody
Some simple recipes:
Aromatic oils:
- Basil oil: 5 drops of in 50 ml of olive oil
- Oil with Provence herbs: 1 drop 3 drops of + 1 drop of extra in 50 ml of olive oil.
Unexpected flavors
To scent your salads with flowers!
Mix 1 drop of + 1 drop of in 50 ml of sunflower oil.
Put sunshine into your seasonings!
Mix 2 drops of + 2 drops of sweet + 1 drop of in 100 ml of sunflower oil.