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Pennyroyal Tea

A simple tea made by steeping pennyroyal herb in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Pennyroyal Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pour boiling water over the pennyroyal herb.

  2. Cover the bowl and steep for 10 minutes.

  3. Sweeten to taste if desired.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Pennyroyal herb
Provides the main minty aroma and flavour as the herb steeps in the hot water.

The step that matters

Cover the bowl while steeping. Covering the bowl keeps the volatile aromatic compounds from escaping with the steam, so the infusion tastes stronger and more aromatic.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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