Sambocade (Elderflower Cheesecake) is a traditional Medieval recipe for a classic cheesecake of cottage cheese flavoured with elderflowers. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Medieval version of: Sambocade (Elderflower Cheesecake).
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Original Recipe
Sambocade
(from A Forme of Cury)
Sambocade. Take and make a crust in a trap & take cruddes and wryng out þe wheyze and drawe hem þurgh a straynour and put hit in þe crust. Do þerto sugar the þridde part, & somdel whyte of ayren, & shake þerin blomes of elren; & bake it vp with eurose, & messe it forth.
Translation
Elderflower Cheesecake.
Take and make a crust in a pie pan & take curds and wring out the whey and pass it through a strainer and put it in the pie shell. Add sugar (a "þridde part" — about 1/3 cup), and a portion of egg whites, and add dried elderflowers; and bake it with rosewater, and serve it.
Whisk the egg whites to the soft peak stage. Mix the cottage cheese, sugar, elderflowers and rosewater and blend thoroughly. Fold the whisked egg whites into the cheese mixture and pour the mixture into the pastry case.
Place in an oven pre-heated to 190°C and bake for 45 minutes to an hour, or until filling has set and the crust is a golden brown.
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