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Sobre Sauce (Prudent Sauce)
Sobre Sauce (Prudent Sauce) is a traditional Medieval recipe for a classic vegetarian dish of toasted bread drizzled with a honey syrup flavoured with good powder. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Medieval version of: Prudent Sauce (Sobre Sauce).
prep time
10 minutes
cook time
10 minutes
Total Time:
20 minutes
Serves:
4
Rating:
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Original Recipe
Sobre Sauce
(from A Forme of Cury)
Ꞇe rayſos grynꝺe hem wꞇ cruſtes of breꝺe +̅ ꝺrawe hiꞇ ỽp wꞇ wyne· ꝺo þꝰꞇo goꝺe powꝺos [anꝺ salꞇ · and seeþ iꞇ · fry roch · looch · sool · oþꝰ ooþꝰ gode fyſsh · caſt þe sewe aboue · +̅ sꝰue iꞇ forꞇh ·
Translation
Prudent Sauce
Take raisins and grind them with crusts of
bread and strain it up with wine. Add to this good powders and salt and boil it. Fry roaches, loaches, soles or other good fish, pour over the sauce and serve it forth.
Modern Redaction
Ingredients:
150g raisins
6 tbsp
bread
300ml white wine
2 tsp
good powder
salt, to taste
Method:
Pound together the raisins and bread in a mortar (or puree in a blender). Work in the wine then turn into a pan.
Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook until thickened. Use as a sauce to pour over fried fish.
Find more Medieval recipes as well as more recipes from the Forme of Cury here.