Vyande Real (A Royal Dish) is a traditional Medieval recipe for a classic dessert of a paste of custard made from a blend of wine and honey thickened with rice flour and flavoured with spices that's coloured with dark fruit. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Medieval version of: A Royal Dish (Vyande Real).
Take Greek wine, or Rhineland wine and mix with clarified honey. Take rice flour, ground ginger or ground pepper and cinnamon or ground cinnamon, ground cloves, saffron, Cyprus sugar, mulberries or sandalwood. Mix all these together. Boil it and season with salt and ensure that it is stiff and serve it forth.
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Ingredients:
400ml white Greek or Riesling wine
200g clear honey
4 tbsp rice flour
1 tsp ground ginger (or freshly-ground black pepper)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp saffron
4 tbsp golden caster sugar
4 tbsp mulberries or blackberries
salt, to taste
Method:
Combine the wine and honey in a pan. Bring to a simmer then whisk in the rice flour along with the ginger, cinnamon, cloves, saffron, sugar and fruit. Mix thoroughly together.
Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until the mixture is stiff. Season to taste with salt and serve immediately.
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