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Hot Malted Milk

A warm beverage made with malted milk, coffee syrup, and milk, served over shaved ice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Hot Malted Milk

Ingredients

Directions

Make the malted base

  1. Combine 1 teaspoon of malted milk with hot water in a mug or cup.

  2. Add a pinch of salt and pepper to taste.

Shake and serve

  1. Mix 2 teaspoons of sugar, 1 egg, and 15 oz of coffee syrup in a separate container.

  2. Add shaved ice.

  3. Fill the glass with rich milk.

  4. Shake well.

  5. Strain into a clean glass.

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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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Milk + coffeetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,202 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  3. Coffee + syruptop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together318 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Sugar + coffeetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,344 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Malted milk
Adds a toasty, malty aroma and flavour to the drink.
Egg
Adds richness and body, giving the drink a smoother, creamier texture.
Sugar
Adds sweetness to balance the malt and coffee flavours.
Coffee syrup
Adds coffee flavour and sweetness.
Rich milk
Provides the main liquid, fat and creaminess of the drink.

The step that matters

Shake well. The egg and syrup need vigorous shaking with the ice so they emulsify and chill evenly. Under-shaking can leave the drink thin, uneven, or with a loose layer of egg.

“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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