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To Preserve Yeast

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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To Preserve Yeast

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Whisk the yeast until thin.

  2. Wash and dry a large wooden dish.

  3. Apply a layer of yeast inside the dish with a soft brush and let it dry.

  4. Repeat layering until you have a sufficient quantity, ensuring each coat dries thoroughly.

  5. To use, cut a piece out and stir it in warm water.

  6. For brewing, dip large handfuls of birch tied together in the yeast and let it dry.

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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