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A White Stock for Soups and Sauces

A clear stock made by dissolving plasmon powder in water and seasoning with salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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A White Stock for Soups and Sauces

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Gradually add 4 teaspoons of Plasmon Powder to 1 pint of tepid water and stir until it boils.

  2. While boiling, add ¼ teaspoon of coarse sea salt to restore the white color.

  3. If using for soups, you can add vegetables, rice, barley, or any flavorings you like.

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

Plasmon powder
Dissolves to form the body of the stock and gives it a pale, opaque white look.

“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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