Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Things You’ll Need:
- Large ceramic, granite or glass pan with rounded lid
- Clean fireplace brick
- Large bowl
- 2-3 quarts of fresh red rose petals; organically grown and non-sprayed
- Bottled water
- Several trays of ice cubes or one bag of ice
- Decorative bottle
- Label
- Raffia or ribbon
Step1
In the large pot with an inverted lid, place a fireplace brick.
Step2
Place the bowl on top of the brick.
Step3
Put the roses in the pot up to the top of the brick.
Step4
Pour in water to cover the roses.
Step5
Place lid upside down on pot after bringing water to rolling boil, reduce water to a simmer.
Step6
Toss ice cubes or bag of ice on top of lid; As the water boils it will hit the top of the cold lid and condense; the condensed water will flow to the center of the rounded lid and drop into the bowl.
Step7
Lift the lid carefully about every 15 minutes and take out a some of the rose water and put into a decorative bottle; label and add ribbon.