Violet Tea
Ingredients
Directions
In a jug, combine the dried violets and honey.
Pour the boiling water over the mixture.
Let the tea steep for 5 minutes.
Strain the tea and serve.
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
- Dried violets
- Provide the floral aroma and flavour that define the tea.
- Honey
- Adds sweetness and a smooth, rounded mouthfeel to the infusion.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavour and aroma from the violets during steeping.
The step that matters
Let the tea steep for 5 minutes. Steeping time controls how much flavour and aroma leave the dried violets. Too short gives a weak, pale tea, while a long steep can draw out bitterness from the petals.
“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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