An Emollient Diet Drink
Ingredients
Directions
Infuse and strain
Steep the mallow flowers and Canadian venus-hair in boiling water for a few minutes.
Strain the mixture.
Sweeten and serve
Add ground gum arabic and clarified honey to the strained liquid.
Stir until well combined and serve.
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
- Mallow flowers
- Release mucilage, giving the drink a soft, slippery body.
- Gum arabic
- Thickens the liquid and helps keep it evenly blended.
- Clarified honey
- Adds sweetness and moisture, softening the drink's flavour.
The step that matters
Adding the gum arabic. Ground gum arabic clumps when it hits liquid too quickly. Adding it to the strained liquid and stirring until well combined lets it disperse and dissolve evenly, so the drink does not end up gritty or lumpy.
“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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