What else can I use rose water for?

Question

I bought a bottle of rose water to make Nigella Lawson's madeleines with. I now have an almost full bottle of rose water and no ideas.

Anyone got any good recipes using rose water?

Answer 1

Not a recipe, per se, but rose water makes an excellent facial cleanser. My grandmother only ever used rose water in all her seventy-something years and she had baby-soft, clear skin. Plus it smells delightful. Just soak on to cotton wool and wipe away. You could also decant it into a spray bottle (available from most chemists, including Boots) and use it as a facial spritz. That's particularly good in summer.

Answer 2

Rosewater is usually used in Asia for making sweet cakes or candies and in drinks (lassi, a yoghurt drink). You can mix a few drops of rose water with powdered sugar and have a lovely icing for cakes or cookies

Rosewater is used for making the Middle Eastern treat: Turkish Delight (also known as Lokum) - along with pistachios.

Answer 3

I always thought she was selfish. If she really loved him she would have moved over and made some room for him on that huge floating wooden door instead of watching him waste away while she takes a nap. (That part always made me angry) It's not even about taking turns, forget the whole Libra mentality. Just consider the other person, the so called love of your life and save each other for the sake of Your future!..i mean that's as selfish as it'd get for me. Jack needed to be a man and tell her to move over. He was spineless in that sense. If he really loved her, he would of saved himself, so he could be with her, but i think once he saw how she was and reacted when he was freezing and she did nothing except hold his hand and hog the flotation device, he thought to himself eff this! but played it off all sweet so she wouldn't regret her actions and feel bad for the rest of her life. Aww what a great guy, that she lost out on! She had no excuse, they could have even sat up or laid on top of each other. Sheesh, all of a sudden she acted like she didn't know him after all they went through? In my opinion she wasn't worth it anyways, and he realized this. He knew if he was saved there was going to be some major drama and relationship issues between the two of them.

Answer 4

Turkish Delight (Edmund's downfall in "Narnia"!)

Ingredients:
2 cups Sugar
2 tablespoons Cornstarch
1 cup Water
1/2 teaspoon Cream of tartar
1 tablespoon Flavoring: rose, mastic, strawberry, orange or lemon
Food coloring: red, yellow, green or orange depending on flavoring used)
1/2 cup Toasted nuts, chopped (almonds or pistachios)
Confectioners' sugar


Directions:

Dissolve sugar and cornstarch in water. Add cream of tartar. Boil to 220 degrees F. Cover pot the last 5 minutes. Add flavor and food color. Add nuts.

Pour into oiled shallow pan. When cool, cut into squares and roll each piece in sifted powdered sugar. Store in plastic bag.

This recipe for Traditional Turkish Delight serves/makes 60

Answer 5

Rose water can be used to almost every sweet.

Answer 6

Magic Spells!

Answer 7

Trifle (strawbrry, etc.)

Pound cake - drizzle over pound cake, top with assorted berries, whipped cream and mint.


http://home.ivillage.com/cooking/recipes/print/0,,7sltgtx2,00.html

Answer 8

Make a lassi (strawberry, mango, etc.), a traditional Indian drink that contains yogurt.

Answer 9

This makes a good finger wash in a side bowl for your dinner guests.

Answer 10

you can take help from Cook Books, it will guide you better & reciepies will be according to your taste.