Treacle Posset
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the milk in a saucepan.
Add the treacle and let it boil for three minutes.
Serve hot.
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
- Milk
- Forms the creamy base of the dish and provides most of its liquid volume.
- Treacle
- Adds sweetness and a deep, molasses-like flavour to the milk.
The step that matters
Boiling the milk and treacle. Milk can boil over quickly and scorch on the bottom of the pan, so it needs attention. Boiling for the stated time lets the treacle dissolve fully and blend into the milk.
“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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