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"Period French Toast Recipes" by Lady Hauviette d’Anjou.

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Period French Toast Recipes

by Hauviette d’Anjou

Two 15th Century Cookbooks (Take a Thousand Eggs)

Harleian MS. 4016

80. Payn purdeuz. Take faire yolkes of eyren, and try hem fro the white,

and drawe hem thorgh a streynour; and then take salte, and caste thereto;

And then take manged brede or paynman, and kutte hit in leches; and then

take faire buttur, and clarefy hit, or elles take fressh grece and put

hit yn a faire pan, and make hit hote; And then wete the brede well there

in the yolkes of eyren, and then ley hit on the batur in the pan, whan

the buttur is al hote; And then whan hit is fried eyowe, take sugur

ynowe, and caste there-to whan hit is in the disshe, And so serve hit

forth.

An Ordinance of Potage (15th Cent.)

110. Payn purdyeu.

Take payndemayn or fresch bredd; pare awey the crustys. Cut hit in

schyverys; fry hem a lytyll yn claryfyd buture. Have yolkes of eyren

drawyn thorow a streynour & ley the brede theryn that hit be al helyd

with bature. Then fry in the same buture, & serve hit forth, & strew on

hote sygure.

A Period Recipe Recreated

Platina (1475) 8.63 Golden Balls

Toast chunks of bread crust a little on both sides. When they are

toasted, soften with rose water in which there are both beaten eggs and

ground sugar. When they are taken out, fry in a pan with butter or fat,

far apart so that they do not touch each other. When they are fried and

transferred into a serving dish, sprinkle with sugar and rosewater

colored with saffron. This pleases M.

Antonius, not undeservedly, for it fattens the body, helps liver and

kidneys, and stimulates passion.

Recipe Recreation

Ingredients;

1 loaf of sourdough bread, cut into cubes (2” by 2”)

1/4 LB of butter or lard

Dip;

12 large egg yolks

2/3 cup rosewater

6 tsp. ground sugar (place sugar in a mortar or food processor and turn to powder like consistency)

Drizzle;

Combine 1/4 cup rosewater and 4 saffron threads, bring to a boil over low heat or place in a microwave oven for 30 seconds on high. Remove from heat and with a pestle or the back of a spoon, mash the saffron to release the colour and flavour.

1/4 cup ground sugar for sprinkling.

Method;

Toast the bread cubes in a 400 degree oven. Turn to ensure toasting on all sides. Or for simplicity, cut into 1.5 inch slices and toast in a wide slot toaster.

Combine the egg yolk, rosewater and sugar. In a large bowl toss the bread and egg mixture to coat. If there is not enough coverage, combine 1 or 2 yolks and 2-4 tsp. rosewater with 1/2 tsp. sugar and add to the bowl, continue.

Heat butter in a large frying pan. Fry soaked bread for 3-5 minutes, shaking pan to ensure all sides are browned fully.

Place browned bread into a serving dish. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and drizzle with the rosewater syrup.

Serve warm.

This dish is wonderful served on it’s own or as an accompaniment to a simple pork sausage.

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