Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Put the ground coffee into a saucepan.
Heat the coffee over the fire, stirring with a spoon until hot.
Pour the boiling water over the coffee.
Cover the saucepan closely and let it steep for five minutes.
Pass the coffee through a cloth.
Warm the coffee again and serve.
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
- Ground coffee
- Provides the main flavor and aroma, which are extracted into the hot water during steeping.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavor from the finely ground coffee and dissolves its aromatic compounds.
The step that matters
Pour the boiling water over the coffee. Water that is not near boiling extracts coffee less efficiently, and the fine grounds steep quickly, so temperature and timing affect the flavor. Covering the pot keeps heat and aroma in during the five-minute steep.
“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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