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Camomile Tea

A simple infusion of camomile tea steeped in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Camomile Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place 1 tablespoon of camomile tea in a teapot.

  2. Pour ½ pint of boiling water over the tea.

  3. Let it steep on a hot platter or over steam for 5 minutes.

  4. Strain the tea and serve.

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

Camomile tea
Provides the main flavour and aroma as its compounds dissolve into the hot water.

“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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