To Clarify Broth or Gravy
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Put the broth in a clean stewpan.
Break the egg and beat the white and shell together.
Clarify and strain
Add the egg mixture to the broth and stir with a whisk.
Boil for a few minutes, then strain through a fine cloth or napkin.
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
- Egg whites and shells
- Egg whites coagulate as they heat, trapping cloudy particles so they can be strained out.
The step that matters
Boil for a few minutes, then strain through a fine cloth or napkin.. The egg white must be heated gently enough to set into a raft that catches particles; if the broth is stirred hard or strained too early, the cloudiness returns.
“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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