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Hot Malted Milk

A warm beverage made with malted milk, hot water, salt, pepper, sugar, egg, coffee syrup, shaved ice, and rich milk.

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 malt base

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

  2. Add a pinch of salt and pepper.

Shake and serve

  1. In a shaker, mix 2 teaspoons of sugar, 1 egg, 1½ oz of coffee syrup, and shaved ice.

  2. Fill the shaker with rich milk, shake well, and 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

Egg
Adds body and a silky, frothy texture when shaken.
Malted milk
Provides the characteristic toasty, malty flavor of the drink.
Rich milk
Supplies moisture and creaminess to the drink.
Coffee syrup
Adds sweetness and coffee flavor.
Sugar
Adds sweetness that balances the malt and salt.

The step that matters

Shake well with shaved ice. Vigorous shaking with ice chills the drink and emulsifies the egg and milk, creating a smooth, frothy texture. Under-shaking leaves it thin and watery, and the ice dilutes it if the shaker is not sealed well.

“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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