Balm Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Place fresh balm leaves in a teapot.
Pour boiling water over the leaves.
Let the leaves infuse for a few minutes before serving.
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
- Fresh balm leaves
- Provide the main flavour and aroma, releasing their essential oils into the hot water as they steep.
The step that matters
Let the leaves infuse for a few minutes. Steeping time controls how much flavour and aroma pass from the leaves into the water. Too short gives a weak tea, while longer steeping draws out more of the leaves' bitter compounds.
“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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