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Liquorice Tea

A simple infusion made by steeping a bruised liquorice branch in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Liquorice Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pour boiling water over the bruised liquorice branch.

  2. Let it steep for a few minutes.

  3. Strain the mixture before serving.

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

Bruised liquorice branch
Provides the sweet, aromatic flavour that the water extracts during steeping.
Boiling water
Extracts flavour from the liquorice branch and brews the tea.

“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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