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Treacle Posset

A sweetened milk drink made with treacle, boiled, strained, and served hot.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Treacle Posset

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Sweeten the milk with treacle.

  2. Boil the mixture for 10 minutes.

  3. Strain it through a clean cloth.

  4. Drink it while hot and cover yourself with blankets.

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

Milk
Forms the liquid base that is sweetened, boiled and strained.
Treacle
Sweetens the milk and adds a dark, molasses-like flavour.

“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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