Toast Water
Ingredients
Directions
Toast the bread slices until they are a nice brown.
Place the toasted bread in a quart pitcher.
Fill the pitcher with cold water.
Cover and let it stand for a few minutes before using.
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
- Bread
- Toasting browns the slices, adding a roasted aroma and toasty flavor to the water.
The step that matters
Toast the bread until nicely brown. Browning through toasting develops roasted flavor compounds, which pass into the water. Pale, underdone toast gives a weak, flat flavor, so toast until the slices are evenly brown without burning.
“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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