Essence of Anchovies
Ingredients
Directions
Make the essence
Chop the anchovies, removing the bones.
Strain the anchovies and add them to 1 cup of water.
Boil gently until dissolved, about a few minutes.
Let it cool.
Strain and bottle
Strain again and bottle it.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Anchovies
- Dissolve into the water to give the essence its salty, savory, umami flavour.
The step that matters
Boil gently until dissolved. Boiling hard can make the liquid cloudy and bitter and can drive off delicate aromas. A gentle simmer dissolves the anchovies while keeping the flavour clean.
“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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