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Toast Water

A drink made by soaking toasted bread slices in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Toast Water

Toast Water

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the bread into slices ½ to ¾ inch thick, keeping the crust on.

  2. Toast the bread on both sides until dark brown, avoiding burning.

  3. Break the toasted bread into pieces and place it in a porcelain pitcher.

Steep and cool

  1. Pour the boiling water over the bread and cover the pitcher.

  2. Let it cool until it's safe to drink.

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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Bread
Toasting gives the bread browned, toasty flavor that the boiling water draws into the drink.
Boiling water
Hot water extracts flavor and color from the toasted bread as it steeps.

The step that matters

Toasting the bread until dark brown. Toasting browns the bread through Maillard reactions and caramelization, which create the drink's flavor. Pale toast gives a weak taste, while burnt bread turns bitter and harsh.

“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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