Water Toast
Ingredients
Directions
Bring 1 pint of water to a boil in a shallow pan and add 1 teaspoon of salt.
Quickly dip each slice of dry toast in the boiling water.
Spread butter on the toast and serve immediately while hot.
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
- Dry toast
- Provides the base that softens and absorbs moisture when dipped in the boiling water.
- Butter
- Adds fat and richness that melts into the softened toast.
The step that matters
Quickly dip each slice of dry toast in the boiling water. Brief contact is enough to soften the bread's dry crust and crumb with moisture. Lingering too long lets the toast absorb too much water and turn soggy and limp.
“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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