Capillaire
Ingredients
Directions
Infuse the maidenhair fern in boiling water.
Add loaf sugar while the mixture is boiling hot.
Let it sit for ten hours, then strain the mixture to remove solids.
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
- Boiling water
- Acts as the solvent that draws flavor out of the fern during infusion.
- Loaf sugar
- Adds sweetness and body to the finished tea.
“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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