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Shellfish Forcemeats

Shellfish Forcemeats is a traditional Ancient Roman recipe for a forcemeat made of shellfish and pine nuts that can be made into sausages. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ancient Roman version of: Shellfish Forcemeats.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Serves:

2

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Ancient Roman Recipes



Ingredients:

225g mixed minced shellfish meat
1 tsp celery seed (or dried loavge)
50g ground almonds or pine nuts
1 raw egg
50g breadcrumbs
sausage casings
olive oil
black pepper to taste
4 tbsp passum

Method:

Place the pepper and celery seed (or lovage) in a mortar and grind together with a pestle. Add this to the shellfish meat and ground pine nuts, mixing well. Bind the mixture by adding the egg and breadcrumbs.

Stuff into sausage skins, making them about 3 cm in length. Place olive oil in a frying pan and cook until lightly browned. Add the passum and when this is boiling, serve immediately.