Iceland Moss
Ingredients
Directions
Infuse the dried moss in boiling water for 2 hours in a covered container.
Boil the mixture for 15 minutes.
Strain the liquid while hot.
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
- Dried moss
- Its polysaccharides dissolve into the water and thicken the liquid as it cools.
The step that matters
Strain the liquid while hot. The thickening compounds set into a gel as the liquid cools, so straining while hot keeps the liquid thin enough to pass through the strainer.
“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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