Jesuit’s Bark Drink
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.
Boil 1 quart of water.
Add ½ ounce of Jesuit's bark to the boiling water.
Let it steep for 10 minutes.
Strain the mixture and serve warm.
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
- Jesuit's bark
- Releases its bitter, aromatic flavour compounds into the hot water during steeping, giving the tea its character.
The step that matters
Let it steep for 10 minutes. Steeping in hot water is how the bark's flavour compounds dissolve into the liquid. Too short a steep leaves the tea weak, while the bark's bitterness keeps building the longer it sits, so timing controls the final taste.
“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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