Flaxseed oil is again becoming more and more popular as it has valuable nutritional and health benefits and contains vitamins, valuable fatty acids and polyunsaturated acids. It is used in cosmetology, medicine and cooking.
It is necessary
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ripe flaxseed
Instructions
Step 1
Linseed oil can be made in two ways. The first is the hot method, in which the oil must be fried, the second is cold pressing. I must say that it is flaxseed oil obtained by the cold pressing method that is more useful, all its valuable substances are preserved in it.
Step 2
For the first method, you need to put 100 grams of flaxseeds in a bowl and fill them with 100 ml of water. When the seeds have absorbed all the water and swell (this will happen in about an hour or more), place them in a dry, preheated cast iron pan.
Step 3
Roast the seeds for an hour over low heat, covered with a lid. After languishing, the seeds will release a liquid, which is the oil. Pour the resulting liquid into a container, preferably through a clean gauze filter.
Step 4
The second method of obtaining flaxseed oil from seeds is longer. You need to grind the seeds in a blender as small as possible, almost to dust. To about the consistency of coffee for a Turk. Then put the resulting mass in a fine sieve. Hang the sieve and place it over a container where the oil will drain.
Step 5
You can speed up the process a little. Place cheesecloth at the bottom of the sieve, and put the ground mass of seeds on it. Press down the seeds from above with oppression, then the oil will stand out and drain much faster.
Step 6
After the oil has collected in the container, squeeze out the soaked cheesecloth. Pour the oil into a special container, close tightly.
