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Beeswax Pastilles (Pellets)
Recipes for balms, wraps and candles weigh beeswax in grams, and a solid block is hard to cut. Small drops of molten wax set into flat pastilles that weigh out easily and melt fast. Beeswax melts at about 62–64 °C; melt it gently over water, never over a bare flame.
Beginner
30 minutes
Instructions
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The wax
The wax
Rendering clean beeswax from comb.
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Melt it gently
Melt it gently
Break 500 g of clean beeswax into the top of a double boiler and melt it over simmering water, stirring, until fully liquid at about 70 °C.
Materials for this step:
Beeswax500 g
Water1 literTools needed:
Double Boiler
Hot Plate
Leave-In Probe Thermometer3
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Drip the pastilles
Drip the pastilles
Line baking sheets with parchment. Scoop a little wax with a teaspoon and let it fall in single drops a finger's width apart; each drop spreads into a flat disc and sets in a minute.
Tools needed:
Teaspoon
Baking Parchment Paper
Baking Sheet4
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Lift and store
Lift and store
When cold, flex the parchment so the pastilles pop off. Weigh them and store in a jar. Remelt any odd shapes.
Tools needed:
Digital Kitchen Scale
Glass Jars with LidsTools Required
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