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Sweet Whey

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 l fresh cow's milk
• 5 g vinegar
• 1 pcs egg white
• 10 g magnesia, carbonated

Instructions

1. Bring 1 liter of fresh cow's milk to a boil and add 5 grams of vinegar as it begins to simmer.
2. After curdling, strain the semi-cooled liquid, bring to a boil with beaten egg whites, strain again, add 10 grams of carbonated magnesia, and pour through filter paper.
3. Whey can be made more simply with whey pastilles available at the pharmacy: prepare a large teacup of fresh milk, add a whey pastille to the hot milk, let it curdle, and pour through a cloth.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.