Linseed Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Add linseed to boiling water.
Cut liquorice into small pieces and add to the mixture.
Let steep for a few minutes before straining.
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
- Linseed
- Its mucilage thickens the water, giving the tea a soft, slightly viscous body.
- Liquorice
- Its natural sweetness and earthy aroma flavour the tea.
The step that matters
Steeping before straining. Steeping lets the linseed release its mucilage and the liquorice release its flavour into the water. Straining too early leaves the tea thin and weakly flavoured, while steeping too long can make it overly bitter or slimy.
“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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