What does “milk-washed” mean?
Milk-washed: Drink mixed with milk, which curdles and is strained out. Leaves a crystal-clear, silky drink.
- Category
- Technique
- Taste
- Smooth and soft; tannins and harsh edges taken away.
- Strength
- Same as the drink
- Similar to
- a clarified punch
- Also called
- milk washed, milk punch, clarified milk punch
The story
Clarified milk punch goes back to 1600s England. Aphra Behn, one of the first professional women writers, made it, and Benjamin Franklin wrote down his own recipe in 1763. Because the milk preserves it, it kept for months before refrigerators.