Gum Water
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the Gum Arabic in cold water to remove any bitter matter.
Dissolve the washed gum by soaking it in two pints of water.
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
- Gum arabic
- Acts as a dissolved stabilizer and thickener, giving the water a light body and smooth mouthfeel.
The step that matters
Washing the gum before dissolving. Rinsing in cold water removes bitter matter from the raw gum, so the finished liquid tastes clean rather than harsh.
“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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