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Aliter Dulcia II (Another Sweet Dish II)
Aliter Dulcia (Another Sweet Dish) is a traditional Ancient Roman recipe for a classic dessert made from bread soaked in milk that's fried in olive oil, drizzled with honey and served. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ancient Roman version of: Another Sweet Dish (Aliter Dulcia).
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
20 minutes
Total Time:
40 minutes
Serves:
4
Rating: 
Tags : Vegetarian RecipesBread RecipesDessert RecipesMilk RecipesAncient Roman Recipes
Original Recipe
Aliter dulcia: siligineos rasos frangis, et buccellas maiores facies. in lacte infundis, frigis [et] in oleo, mel superfundis et inferes.
Translation
Another Sweet: Remove the crusts from wheaten loaves and break the loaves into large pieces. Soak them in milk and fry in olive oil. Pour honey over them and serve.
Modern Redaction
In essence, this is an early version of French toast (eggy
bread), but without the eggs that we would use today.
Ingredients:
4 slices of white
bread, crusts removed
100ml milk
4 tbsp runny honey
olive oil for frying
Method:
Pour the milk into the base of a flat-bottomed dish. Trim off the bread crusts and cut each slice into two triangles then dip the bread into the milk, turning over so that both sides can absorb some of the liquid.
Heat the olive oil in a large pan, add the bread pieces and fry until golden brown on both sides. Arrange on a serving plate, drizzle over the honey and serve warm.
Find more recipes from Apicius' De Re Coquinaria along with information on Apicius and his cookbook, all part of this site's Ancient Roman recipes collection.
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