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Gum Arabic Water

A simple beverage made by dissolving gum arabic in cold water and flavored with fruit juice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Gum Arabic Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Dissolve the gum arabic in the cold water.

  2. Flavor with the juice of your choice of fruit.

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

Gum arabic
Thickens the water slightly and gives the drink a smooth, body-rich mouthfeel.

“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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