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 (thyme, rosemary, garlic, laurel, cumin, origano, dill, taragon, basil, ginger, mint, black pepper, 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, lavender, rose, mint, vanilla, bergamote, for example, but you can scent your desserts with more unusual flavors such as geranium or Ylang-Ylang.
NŽroliane cooking kits: Astonishing Aromatics, Citrus Melody
Some simple recipes:
Aromatic oils:
- Basil oil: 5 drops of basil in 50 ml of olive oil
- Oil with Provence herbs: 1 drop thyme 3 drops of rosemary + 1 drop of lavender extra in 50 ml of olive oil.
Unexpected flavors
To scent your salads with flowers!Mix 1 drop of Ylang-Ylang + 1 drop of geranium in 50 ml of sunflower oil.
Put sunshine into your seasonings!
Mix 2 drops of lemon + 2 drops of sweet orange + 1 drop of grapefruit in 100 ml of sunflower oil. |