Cutting Board Conditioner Recipe

Cutting boards are extremely important to food photography as they give height and warmth to a picture.

Cutting board conditioner recipe. Place the bars of beeswax in the mason jar and pour in the sunflower oil. Melt over low heat just until the beeswax has completely dissolved stirring as it melts. Scoop out a blob of board butter about a tablespoon for an average sized cutting board and smear it all over the wood using your hands.

After each use wash then thoroughly dry your cutting board and apply a fresh coat of board conditioner. Pour the mineral oil into the pan and add the beeswax. Heat a quart of water in a small 2 quart saucepan over medium heat.

When the water begins to simmer turn the heat down to low. Submerge the mason jar into the water. The board conditioner is also great for restoring any other dried out wooden kitchen items like dough bowls or long handled spoons.

Pour 400 ml of food safe mineral oil into the cup add chopped wax or pellet wax slowly until the oil and wax mixture reaches 500 ml. Combine the beeswax and oil. Allow to cool for a couple minutes so it s not too hot for the glass then pour into the glass jar and allow to finish cooling completely.

Continue until you have conditioned your entire cutting board. The warmth of your hands will melt the board butter into the wood. I also don t use wooden cutting boards that i ve treated with this conditioner for anything i plan to ferment like cabbage for sauerkraut rosemary essential oil is antibacterial and can impede.

Even though the rosemary essential oil is antibacterial i never use my wooden boards for meats. I love this conditioner for my wooden cutting boards three simple ingredients and easy to make. The product insert suggested conditioning the wood to protect it from water and stains.