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Toast Water

A beverage made by steeping toasted bread slices in boiling water, then sweetened and served cold.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Toast Water

Toast Water

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Brown the slices of toast until nicely toasted.

  2. Cover the toast with enough boiling water to submerge them.

  3. Cover the container and let it steep until cold.

Strain and serve

  1. Strain the water into glasses.

  2. Sweeten to taste and add a piece of ice to each glass.

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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Toast
Toasting browns the bread and adds a toasted, roasted aroma to the water.
Boiling water
Extracts flavour and colour from the toasted bread as it steeps.
Sugar
Adds sweetness to balance the toasty flavour, added to taste.

The step that matters

Let it steep until cold. Steeping long enough lets the toast release its flavour and colour into the water. Covering the container keeps aromas in and limits evaporation while it cools.

“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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