Historic Recipe Redactions – Page 8 – Redaction of historic recipes (mainly Middle Eastern and Roman). Historically period dishes are incredibly tasty, just requires a little experimentation and having a lot of fun cooking!

Historic Recipe Redactions Blog

December 18, 2010

Springerele

I had been looking to do this type of cookie for awhile…not because of the actual cookie but the cookie molds are fantastic! Ok…I know, that’s a little odd but hey, every one has...

Castle Pastry Walls / Elizabethan

December 17, 2010

Castle Pastry Walls

Castle Pastry Walls Pastry from the period manuals is with out modern measurements so a bit of guess work is involved. Making a good pastry is not as easy at it sounds. The pastry...

Ingredients and Spices / Rendering Fat into Lard

December 10, 2010

Rendering of Fat into Lard

Rendering Fat into Lard Lard is the rendering of animal fat into a solid(ish) state to be used in cooking or as a base for an herbal rub such as a bruise balm. Rendering...

English Cookbooks / Library

December 9, 2010

So these are the English cookbooks I have. These are only a few of a good period English cooking library. These are definitly good for thumbing through for both ideas and for recipes/ingredients/how to...

Elizabethan / Orengat (Candied Orange Peels)

December 4, 2010

Orengat Candied Orange Peel Translation: Cut the peel of an orange into five pieces and scrape away the skin inside with a knife; then set them to soak in pure fresh water for nine...

Elizabethan / Gingerbread

November 23, 2010

Gingerbrede (Gingerbread)

Bear with me folks for I am getting ready to do a large English Subtlety at the beginning of February, so that means an influx of English recipes while I research the recipes I...

Honey / Ingredients and Spices

November 20, 2010

Honey

So today’s topic is every one’s favorite sweetener, Honey! There is a lot of information on honey so just a few high lights. Per Toussaint-Samat, bees (not today’s honey bees but their ancestors) originated ...

Coffee / Digestive Beverages (Hadimat) / Medieval Middle Eastern Redactions

October 7, 2010

Coffee part 2

Coffee Part 2 I love my coffee. Over the years, I have developed a fondness for differently prepared types of coffee. I would never have thought that different preparations could yield widely different tasting...

Coffee / Digestive Beverages (Hadimat)

October 3, 2010

Coffee

Coffee Coffee is not just a morning indulgence nor, from historical writings, as benign a drink as one would have assumed. Coffee is a very Middle Eastern beverage that at one point rivaled wine...

Elizabethan / Scotch Petticoat Tails (Petits Gateaux Tailes)

September 24, 2010

Scotch Petticoat Tails (Petits Gateaux Tailes)

I know I know…this is suppose to be about Middle Eastern Redactions not English. Every one and their dog does English…but I LOVE short bread. Really good buttery melt in your mouth short bread...