Gum Arabic Water
Ingredients
Directions
Combine gum arabic, sugar, and hot water in a small pitcher.
Leave the pitcher on the stove to keep hot until the gum is dissolved, about 2 hours.
Serve cold.
Optionally add lemon juice to taste.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Gum arabic
- Dissolves into the water to thicken it and give it a light, syrupy body.
The step that matters
Keeping the pitcher warm until the gum dissolves. Gum arabic dissolves slowly, and gentle sustained warmth helps it disperse fully into the water. If the gum is left as lumps, the drink will be grainy and uneven in 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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