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Toast Water

A simple drink made by steeping toasted bread in boiling water.

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

Toast Water

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Toast the bread until thoroughly brown.

  2. Break the toasted bread into small pieces.

Steep and serve

  1. Pour boiling water over the bread.

  2. Cover tightly and set aside for 20 minutes or longer.

  3. Strain the mixture and flavor to taste.

  4. 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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Bread
Toasting browns the bread, and its toasted flavor and color carry into the water.
Boiling water
Extracts flavor and soluble compounds from the toasted bread, forming the drink.

The step that matters

Toast the bread until thoroughly brown. Browning through toasting creates the roasted, nutty flavor that defines the drink. Pale toast produces a weak, bland liquid with little character.

“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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