Toast Water
Ingredients
Directions
Toast the crust of white bread until very brown, but do not burn it.
Place the toasted bread into a bowl of cold water.
Let it sit for one hour to create a refreshing drink.
For added flavor, mix in any acid jelly if desired.
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
- White bread crust
- Toasting browns the crust, and its toasted flavor and color infuse into the cold water.
The step that matters
Toasting the crust until very brown. The crust must be deeply toasted for flavor and color, but not burnt, since burnt bitterness would carry into the water. Toasting browns the starches through the Maillard reaction, which builds the toasty aroma.
“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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