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Toast Water

A simple drink made by pouring cold water over toasted bread and sweetening with sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Toast Water

Toast Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Toast the bread until it is very brown but not burnt.

  2. Pour cold water over the toasted bread.

  3. Sweeten the water with sugar to taste.

  4. Serve as desired.

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, adding a deeper, roasted aroma that flavours the water.
Sugar
Adds sweetness, balancing the toasty flavour of the bread.

The step that matters

Toast the bread until very brown but not burnt. Browning develops roasted, nutty flavour through the Maillard reaction and caramelisation. Pale toast gives a weak flavour, while burnt toast adds bitter, acrid notes that carry into the water.

“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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