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Iceland Moss

Iceland moss is soaked, ground, and used as a thickener in soups or as a jelly base.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Iceland Moss

Iceland Moss

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the moss

  1. Soak the Iceland moss in a weak solution of carbonate of soda to remove bitterness.

  2. Grind the soaked moss and mix it with flour.

Use it

  1. Add the mixture to soups as a thickener.

  2. To make jelly, combine 1 part lichenin with 20 parts boiling water.

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

Iceland moss
Supplies lichenin, a starch-like carbohydrate that thickens liquids and sets into a jelly.
Flour (in the method)
Adds bulk and starch to the ground moss, helping it thicken soups.

“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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