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How to make herbal oils, vinegars, cheeses and breads

Cranberry Mint and Vinegar

blueberries 1 1 / 2 pound fresh or frozen
2 1 / 2 liter of red wine vinegar
12 to 14 fresh mint leaves

Add a dozen of the best fruits and set aside. Finely chop the remaining fruit and place in a bowl. Boil vinegar and pour over fruit. Cover and let stand for 24 hours. Strain the vinegar if a colander lined with cheesecloth and press all cranberry juice. Bring juice to a boil and let cool slightly. Pour into hot, clean bottles. Thread the fruit on the side of the bamboo skewers or satay sticks with a mint skewers them. Insert a skewer into each bottle and seal with a lid or a cork in the press. Vinegar keep stumbling over four months.

Parsley and lemon oil

A fourth extra virgin olive oil
1 small lemon, removed
3 large sprigs parsley

Cut the lemon into quarters and drag pieces on a bamboo skewer or satay stick. Place in a bowl, add the parsley and cover with oil. We will instill one or two weeks in a warm place to shake the bottle every day.

Vinegar herb garden

Two quarters of white wine vinegar
6 sprays of each thyme, rosemary, mint and savory
4 large sprigs parsley
a handful of tarragon
Spoon 2 tablespoons coriander seeds
6 sticks celery chopped
1 large onion, peeled and chopped
12 grains of green or black pepper

Place all ingredients in a large pot or bowl, cover and let stand for two or three weeks in a warm place. Stir or shake from time to time. Then the tension of the vinegar bottle.

Old carved with herbs

1 stick of horseradish, wash and shave
2 small onions, peeled and chopped
4 sticks each winter savory, basil, marjoram, thyme and tarragon
6 cloves
zest and juice of 1 lemon
1 / 2 liter of red wine vinegar
A quart of water

Remove all stems herbs. Place all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer for about 20 minutes. Then strain and pour into small bottles to cool. Cork safely. This sauce served to flavor stews and heavier.

Rose Petal Vinegar

Fill a jar with petals of fragrant red or pink. Press, then cover with white wine vinegar. Leave in a warm enough for a month, then strain and bottle.

Raspberry vinegar

This Vinegar is very popular and easy to do today is found in many recipes. It is delicious in salad dressings or fruit salads.

3 pounds raspberries
3 liters white wine vinegar
sugar

Put the raspberries and vinegar in a large pot or bowl. Infuse for ten days, stirring every day. Ease vinegar and add 2 ounces of sugar to each pint of vinegar. Place in a pot and boil well. When the bottle of cool, and seal.

Olive oil marjoram

1 liter of olive oil
5 sprigs fresh oregano
2 cloves garlic, peeled
8 green peppercorns
2 bay leaves

You can put the oil in a jar with a lid or cork in the bottle and add remaining herbs. It will take several days for the taste of the grass grow. The oil can be left intact or strained and poured into the container with a piece of oregano, to identify the oil.

The same method can be used to Most herbs, but are particularly effective oils of basil, fennel, rosemary, marjoram, thyme, tarragon and dill.

Drinks and syrups

In this section, I gave two of my favorite recipes. Elderberry champagne rates undoubtedly much higher syrup French creations, and rose hip is more delicious ice cream or as a base for fruit salads.

Elderflower (Elder) Champagne

8 en water
1 large lemon, removed
5 elderflower heads
1 1 / 2 pounds of granulated sugar
2 tablespoons white vinegar teaspoon

Heat some water and dissolve sugar, cool. Squeeze the lemon, then place the juice and skins with elderflower in a perfect cube. Add vinegar and remaining water cold. Leave for about four to five days, then strain and pour into sterilized jars. It is important that the bottles with screw cap, no cap. (Caps could leave the bottle fermentation.) The champagne will be ready to drink after a week and do not improve with the retention time.

Rosehip syrup

2 lbs rose hips, finely chopped
5 quarts of water
1 pound granulated sugar

Place 3 1 / 2 liter of water in a large saucepan and add rosehips. Bring to a boil and remove from heat and let stand for 15 minutes. Pour the mixture into a bag or double gel thickness of cheesecloth and drain for several hours. Return pulp to saucepan with remaining water and boil. That as before and then pass through the jelly bag or muslin. Pour liquid in a saucepan and simmer until reduced to about 1 1 / 2 to 2 quarts gallon and add sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves, then boil for five minutes. Cool slightly, then pour into hot bottles and cork itself safely.

Gift

These two ideas can be packed very well with custom labels. You could design template on the label, if you do not trust your freehand, or you can simply rely on the letters ordered. elderberry champagne could be packaged with a good set of glasses or maybe a good idea of heaven is bookmy a glass of chilled champagne and elderberry a fascinating book! Rosehip syrup could be part of a gift basket themed pink jelly containing rose petals, rose vinegar, Damascus, rose jam and a pair of beautiful pink roses for the final touch.

A herbal Cheese

A collection of cheeses made from plants, with some bread and homemade cookies, would be welcomed by many friends and family and are easy to make and not too expensive. They are best when freshly made and not frozen, and if he rushed to the recipient, you can be hot! If you freeze these recipes, cover with foil and and label them. allowed to thaw for at least two or three hours at room temperature, depending on size of container used.

Carry out a proper cheese is quite long so I suggest you buy cheat and use the cheese as the base.

Cheese with herbs

4 oz cheese, soft cheeses made with whole milk or half-fat
2 g of butter
1 1 / 2 c. tablespoons finely chopped parsley
1 teaspoon chopped fresh mixed herbs, including marjoram, thyme and dill
1 / 2 teaspoon pepper cup black pepper

Mix all ingredients in a food processor, then turn on a small bowl and keep refrigerated. This cheese can be served in a pot or pan, or molded into any shape and wrapped in newspaper.

Quark Mint and Orange

8 ounces cream cheese
zest of 1 orange
1 teaspoon teaspoon finely chopped fresh mint
curls orange peel
small mint leaves

Mix all ingredients and turn into small saucepan boxes. Smooth the top and garnish each one with a loop of orange zest and a small mint leaf.

Cream cheese with garlic basil

8 ounces cream cheese
1 teaspoon tablespoons finely chopped basil
1 clove garlic, minced

Mix all ingredients and pack into a small container. This cheese is great in small stuffed tomatoes and eaten with hot French bread.

Herby Cheese Marbles

8 ounces cream cheese-fat
various herbs and spices, including chives, dill, parsley, mint, poppy seeds
sesame seeds, cumin seeds and oregano

Make sure the herbs are finely minced and then place them on different bases. Small amounts of cream cheese, roll balls and roll in the grass or spices give an even layer. Choose a reasonable range of herbs and spices that are added to the visual effect. Cell wooden plate or platter and decorated with a bunch of fresh herbs.

Presentation of the cheese

All of these cheeses is attractive in small terracotta pots or white. You can also wrap the pots in a large circle of cotton gingham or polka dot. Several bottles involved in the coordination of the packages or cotton with lots of herbs fresh and a loaf of fresh bread with garlic or post would be very welcome.

Herbal Breads

The bread is delicious when they are given attention as well as some herbs. garlic bread is well known and liked, but these rolls are a little different. Are equally popular among his friends and family.

Mixed Fresh Herb Bread

A loaf of French bread
1 / 2 cup teaspoon salt and pepper
3 g of butter
2 tablespoons finely chopped herbs fresh, finely chopped

Mix herbs, salt and pepper with butter until smooth. diagonal cuts in nearly every inch along the loaf of bread, a deep cut, but not completely through the bread. Spread herb butter on each sector until you have used all that. Wrap tightly in paper and store the bread in the refrigerator until serving. To serve, heat in a hot oven at 400 degrees for 5-10 minutes.

Other possible combinations of herbs bread lemon parsley and dill (Add zest and juice of half a lemon grass and change), chervil, rosemary and orange (add zest and juice of half an orange and change of the herbs).

Strawberry soda bread and currency

8 oz whole wheat flour
8 oz flour
1 / 2 teaspoon salt cup
1 teaspoon teaspoon baking soda
2 g of butter
6 oz carton strawberry yogurt
1 / 4 pint of milk
2 tablespoons tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint

Sift flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl, mix butter until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the yogurt, mint and enough milk for a fairly firm dough. Form dough into balls, place on a greased baking sheet, flatten slightly and mark with a sharp knife. Sprinkle with flour and bake in a moderately Hot oven400 º F for 30 minutes. Cool pie on wire rack.

Cheese and herb scones

These are delicious with soup or cheese and taken very quickly.

1 1 / 2 cup butter
8 oz flour
2 teaspoons baking powder teaspoon
1 / 2 cup teaspoon salt
1 / 4 cup teaspoon cayenne pepper
3 oz grated hard cheese
1 / 4 pint of milk
1 teaspoon chopped fresh herbs, finely chopped

Sift baking powder, cayenne pepper, salt and flour in a bowl. Cut the butter and mix with flour until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add cheese, milk and herbs and mix with a knife to form a soft dough.

Form a ball and divide into eight pieces. Pat each piece into a circle 1 / 2 inch thick. Place rolls in a baking pan with plenty of space between them. Bake for 10-15 minutes in a hot second Funtil oven450 rose and gold. Either serve immediately or let cool on a rack. These are best eaten as soon as possible (this is never a problem!)

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