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Coffee Creams

A simple coffee extract made by steeping pulverized coffee in boiling water and straining.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Coffee Creams

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pour 2 tablespoons of boiling water over 1 tablespoon of finely pulverized coffee.

  2. Let it steep for a while.

  3. Strain the mixture.

  4. Use the strained coffee extract instead of plain water in your recipe.

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

Finely pulverized coffee
Gives the extract its coffee flavor and aroma, which carry through to the cream.

“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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