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Malt Food

A simple malt beverage made by boiling malt extract and water, thickened with gluten.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Malt Food

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix equal parts of malt extract and water well.

  2. Bring the mixture to a boil.

  3. Stir in a little gluten to thicken.

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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What each ingredient does

Malt extract
Provides the main sweetness and body of the drink.
Gluten
Thickens the liquid as it heats, giving it a fuller texture.

“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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