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Toast Water

Toast Water is a simple dish of toasted bread soaked in boiling water, then strained and served hot or cold.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Toast Water

Toast Water

Ingredients

Directions

Make the toast water

  1. Toast the bread until thoroughly brown.

  2. Break the toasted bread into small pieces.

  3. Pour boiling water over the bread.

  4. Cover tightly and let it sit for 20 minutes or longer.

  5. Strain the mixture and flavor to taste.

Serve

  1. Serve hot or cold.

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

Stale wheat or black bread
Toasting browns the bread, and the browned crust gives the water its toasty, roasted flavor.
Boiling water
Hot water draws flavor and color out of the toasted bread pieces as it steeps.

“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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