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Violet Tea

A tea made by steeping dried violets in boiling water and sweetened with honey.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Violet Tea

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no cooking times; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

  1. Place the dried violets in a cup.

  2. Add the boiling water and steep for 5 minutes.

  3. Strain the tea into another cup.

  4. Stir in the honey until dissolved.

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

Dried violets
Provide the floral aroma and flavour that define the tea.
Honey
Adds sweetness and rounds out the delicate floral 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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