Toast and Water
Ingredients
Directions
Toast the bread until it is evenly brown but not burned.
Place the toasted bread in a jug with the cold water.
Let it stand for a few hours.
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
- Bread
- Toasted bread gives the water a light, roasted flavour as it steeps.
The step that matters
Toast the bread until evenly brown. Toasting evenly without burning matters because scorched bits add bitter, acrid flavour to the water, while under-toasted bread gives little roasted aroma.
“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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