Rose water
Rose water is an essential water of the rose or Rosa centifolia , but also of the dog rose ( Rosa canina ), which is obtained from the distillation of rose oil from rose petals. It is also called rose hydrosol . The scent effect of rose water is due to the 2-phenylethanol .
Applications
Rose water, which was produced in the Middle Ages and made famous (for example with Circa instans around 1150), is an important ingredient in certain types of marzipan and is also used to flavor other dishes, especially in Arabic , Indian , Iranian and French cuisine . A more elaborate variant of the yoghurt drink lassi [लस्सी], which is popular in India, is gulabi lassi [गुलाबी लस्सी] flavored with a little rose water . Rose water is also used in the manufacture of cosmetic products, especially for skin care . A Turkish dessert flavored with rose water , which is mainly offered during the fasting month of Ramadan , is Güllaç .
In Iran, production is traditionally carried out by boiling the rose petals collected from May to June in copper kettles and collecting the steam, which is passed through a pipe system, in water-cooled copper cans, from which the semi-solid rose oil is skimmed off.
Real rose water, which is a distillate from rose petals, must not be confused with an extract ( macerate ) from rose petals. This extract itself can be prepared by fragrant petals with distilled water draw in a warm place for a few days, then squeezed and the liquid eventually strained , is still being pure alcohol should be added for the sake of durability.
An alcohol-free substitute for champagne is also made from rose water, orange and pomegranate juice . This is used instead of champagne at motorsport events in Arab countries.
Manufacturer regions
- Qamsar in Iran , the largest producer of rose water in the Middle East
- Jebel al-Achdar (Oman) , known for its rose water production.
- Kasarnaba , Lebanon , traditional rose grower and manufacturer of rose water.
- Rose Valley (Bulgaria) , largest spring of rose water in Europe.
- Ghazipur , in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
- El-Kelâa M'Gouna in Morocco
Other manufacturers can be found in Lebanon and Turkey .
Web links
- Search for rose water in the German Digital Library
- Search for rose water in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Ahmad Y Hassan: Transfer of Islamic Technology to the West, Part III: Technology Transfer in the Chemical Industries. in: History of Science and Technology in Islam.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gernot Katzer: Rose (Rosa damascena Miller). June 16, 2003, accessed on December 1, 2012 : "Everything about the rose (Rosa damascena Miller) [part of the plant, family, aroma, chemistry, origin, etymology]" .
- ↑ Helmut Arntz : Weinbrenner. The story of the spirit of wine. Seewald, Stuttgart 1975, pp. 209-211.
- ↑ Hans Wölfel: The drug book Circa Instans in a version of the XIII. Century from the University Library Erlangen: Text and commentary as a contribution to plant and drug science of the Middle Ages. Mathematical and scientific dissertation, Berlin 1939 (A. Preilipper, Hamburg 1939), p. 100 f.
- ↑ Sina Vodjani, Gabriele von Kröcher: Zarathustra. Membrane International, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-86562-739-1 , p. 188 f.
- ↑ Rose water instead of champagne. FAZ of April 1, 2004, accessed on December 3, 2011.