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Flour-starch

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Flour-starch

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix the flour with enough cold water to make a smooth paste.

  2. In a clean kettle, bring 1 quart of water to a boil.

  3. Stir the flour paste into the boiling water.

  4. Stir continuously until it boils, then stir often to prevent burning for about 5 minutes.

  5. Strain through a towel or a coarse linen bag.

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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