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Toast Water

A drink made by soaking toasted bread slices in boiling water, then straining and seasoning with salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Toast Water

Toast Water

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut thin slices of bread and toast them brown in the oven.

  2. Break the bread into small pieces, pour over an equal quantity of boiling water, and let it infuse for 1 hour.

Strain and serve

  1. Strain through a thin cloth and add a pinch of salt.

  2. Serve hot or cold.

By Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp. 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. See the original page.

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Explore the science

The step that matters

Toasting the bread brown. Browning the bread through the Maillard reaction and caramelization builds the toasty color and aroma that flavor the water. Pale bread gives a bland infusion, while over-burnt bread adds bitterness.

“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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