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Boiled Arrowroot

Boiled arrowroot made by mixing arrowroot with cold water, adding boiling water or milk, and cooking for 5 minutes.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Arrowroot and milk work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 817 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

Boiled Arrowroot

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix the arrowroot with the cold water.

  2. Gradually add the boiling water or boiling milk.

  3. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring continuously.

  4. If using wine or brandy, add it when the mixture has cooled enough for the patient to take.

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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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Arrowroot + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together817 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Arrowroot
Thickens the liquid into a smooth, clear gel as it boils.
Boiling milk
Adds body and a mild, creamy flavour when used instead of water.

The step that matters

Boil for 5 minutes, stirring continuously. Arrowroot starch only thickens fully once it reaches a boil and its granules swell. Constant stirring prevents lumps and scorching on the base of the pan, which would leave the texture uneven.

“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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