ACG-Feast-art - 1/7/99
The menu and some recipes from Heralds and Scribes Collegium in Abhain Ciach
Ghlas.
NOTE: See also these files: feasts-msg, feast-menus-msg, feast-serving-msg,
feast-ideas-msg, fst-disasters-msg, feast-decor-msg, headcooks-msg.
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:44:44 EST
From: LrdRas at aol.com
Subject: SC - ACG Heralds and Scribes Collegium-recipes
The following feast was presented at the Heralds and Scribes Collegium in
Abhain Ciach Ghlas this past weekend by Apprentice THL Thorstein. As this
was his first solo period feast, I am rather pround of him. :-)
Menu
First Course
Cider and Grape juice -dry site substitution for sweet wine
Fresh Seasonal Fruit (pomegranits, grapes, sekel pairs) -none
Second Course
Baked Fish with Herbs- Liber de Coquina
Third Course
Winter Squash Soup- Le Viandier of Tailevent
Bread & Butter - none
Forth Course
Split Roasted Hare - Le Viandier of Tailevent
Peacock Sauce - Liber de Coquina
Entrements
Cheese Cake - Libro de Arte Coquinaria
Desserte
Apple Fritters - Two fifteenth Century Cookery Books (Harleian MS279)
Issue de Table
Figs with Rose Petals - Liber de Coquina
Boute Hors
Cardemon & Anise Seeds - (to sweeten breath and aid in digestion) no
recipe
Those are the primary sources sited by my secondary sources which were:
Pleyn Delit - Hieatt and Butler
The Medieval Kitchen - Redon, Sabban, Serventi
The Original Mediterranean Cuisine - Santich
Squash
40 lb squash
5 qt beef stock
2 qt milk
1 1/2 c butter
salt
Cut squash into 1 in chunks, boil in salt water appr. 10 min, don't overcook
should still be firm. Drain, puree return to saucepan with other ingredients.
Boil. Salt to taste
Fish
saffron, nutmeg, salt, pepper, lemon juice, mint, majoram, PARSELY,
almonds,
currents
Lay peices in a well-oiled dish. Spice. Broil 10 min until half done, add
herbs, currents and almonds. Broil another 5 min.
Rabbits
Rabbits
pork fat back
onions (one per hare)
wine (1/2 c per hare)
1/4 c. (lemon juice + water per hare)
wine vinegar
salt
Heat oven to 425. Remove membraes and tendons. Use needle to lard hare.
Place on rack in pan bake 30 min basting occationaly. After 15 min. add thinly
sliced onions to roasting pan, add wine etc. 5 min before meat is done.
Reduce drippings and pour over meat. Use a meat thermometer in the back of a
hind leg; the rabbit is done when the meat has reached a temperature of 190¼F.
Pecock sauce
3/4 c. ground almonds
12 peacock (chicken) livers
12 slices of stale bread (baguette)
3/4 c. wine vinegar
4 1/2 qt. chicken stock
1/4 c. honey
1/4 c. cinnamon
2 tbs. gr. ginger
1 tbl saffron
salt
Toast gr. almonds. Fry liver gently. Toast bread and sprinkle it with
vinegar. Combine all ingredients in processor and grind until very smooth.
Pour through sive into saucepan. Boil. Simmer for few minutes. Serve hot
Cheesecake
Pastry dough (1c. flour, 2oz butter,1egg yolk, water per pie crust)
8lb ricotta cheese
16 eggs
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. soft bread crumbs
1 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. gr. ginger
4 tbs. cinnamon
1 c. currents
prepare crusts - let rest blend cheese, eggs, butter, bread crumbs, sugar &
spices in a processor until smooth. Fold in currents. Preheat oven to 350.
Spoon in filling, smooth out with top of spoon. Bake 40 min, until the top
is firm and starting to brown. Cool before serving
Apple Fritters
10 pkg yeast
3 qt. beer
10 c. flour
10 eggs
35 apples
salt
oil for frying
Warm beer to 125¼F. Add some beer to yeast to activate it. Add flour, eggs,
salt and beer. Beet mixture. Let sit for 1 hr. until doubled. Peel, core,
and wedge apples. Coat apples with batter. Fry in oil. Drain off oil
sprinkle with sugar and serve.
I'm sorry you'll have to reduce (or multiply) them to suit the number of
people you are serving yourself. Most of the previous recipies will
serve about 100 people.
al-Sayyid A'aql ibn Ras al-Zib, Guildmaster
The Guild of St. Martha
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