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Dried Yeast or Yeast Cakes

A simple yeast and cornmeal cake that is dried and stored.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Dried Yeast or Yeast Cakes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Make a pan of Home-Made Yeast.

  2. Mix in sifted and dried cornmeal, kneading until thick enough to roll out.

  3. Cut into cakes or crumble up.

Dry and store

  1. Spread out and dry thoroughly in the shade.

  2. Store in a dry place.

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

Home-made yeast
Provides the leavening culture that gives the cakes their rise and flavour.
Sifted corn meal
Adds bulk and body, letting the dough be kneaded thick enough to roll out.

“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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