Milk or Beep-tea Arrow-root Mucilage
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the beef-tea or milk.
Stir in the arrow-root until smooth.
Continue to boil for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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
- Arrow-root
- Thickens the liquid as its starch swells and sets when heated.
- Beef-tea or milk
- Forms the liquid base that the arrow-root thickens into a smooth mucilage.
The step that matters
Stir in the arrow-root until smooth. Starch granules clump when they meet hot liquid unless they are dispersed first. Stirring keeps them separate so each granule swells evenly and the mixture thickens smoothly rather than becoming lumpy.
“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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