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Forme of Cury by Samuel Pegge.
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The Form of Cury Recipes Page 1
The Forme of Cury
Take beans and dry them in an oven and hull them well and winnow out the hulls and wash them clean and place them to boil in good broth and eat them with bacon.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Gronden Benes. |
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Take beans and boil them and grind them in a mortar and mix with good broth and mix coarsely-chopped onions with the broth and cook until tender. Colour with saffron and serve it forth.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Drawen Benes. |
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To make gruel with meat Take grewel and cook with good meat and boil it well (take pork meat and pound it well in a mortar). Pass the [cooked] grewel through a strainor and colour it with saffron then serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Grewel Forced. |
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A Pottage of Cabages Take a cabbage, quater it and boil in good broth with minced onions and the whites of leeks sliced lengthways and cut small. Cook them with saffron and salt and mix with powdour douce. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Caboches in Potage. |
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A Pottage of Turnips Take turnips and wash them clean. Dice them and parboil the pieces. Strain then place in good broth and boil them. Mince onions and aꝺ to the mixture with saffron and salt. Serve it with powdour douc. In the same manner, make parsnips or carrots and skirrits. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Rapes in Potage. |
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Take borage, colewort, bugloss, parsley, beet [leaves], orach, avens, violet [leaves], savory and fennel. And when they have been boled press out the excess moisture and chop them finely. Place in good broth, and boil them. Then serve then forth.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Eowtes of Flessh. |
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Take onions and herbs and chop them finely then cook in good broth and finish as you would for cabbages. If it is a fish day, prepare in the same manner, but with water and oil. If it is not a day in lent, mix with a liaison of egg yolks and serve with a sprinkling of powdor douce.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Hebolace. |
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A Pottage of Gourds Take yound gourds, pare them and cut into pieces. Cook in good broth and aꝺ a good quantity of minced onions. Take cooked pork, grind it and aꝺ to the dish with egg yolks. Season with saffron and salt and serve it with powdor douce. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Gourdes in Potage. |
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Take rice and wash it clean then combine in an earthern pot with good broth and let them boil thoroughly. Afterwards take almond milk and mix in then colour with saffron and salt and serve it forth.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Ryse of Flesh. |
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Mushrooms Take mushrooms, pare them and then dice them. Take leeks and shred finely then boil in good broth. Colour it with saffron and mix in powdor fort. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Funges. |
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Burſeu·
Ꞇe þe wite of leꝯ slype ē +̅ creꝺe ē mal· ꞇae noumbles of wyn +̅ ꝑboile ē broꞇ +̅ wyne · ꞇae up +̅ ꝺreſſe +̅ ꝺo þe lee þe broꞇ · eeþ +̅ ꝺo þe noumbleꝯ þꝯ ꞇo · mae a lyo of breꝺe · bloꝺe · +̅ ỽynegꝯ +̅ ꝺo þꝯꞇo pouꝺo forꞇ · eeþ oynos mynce hē +̅ ꝺo þꝯꞇo þe elf wyſe mae of piggꝯ· |
Take the white parts of leeks,slice lengthways and shred finely. Take swine entrails and parboil them in broth and wine. Remove and slice then cook the leeks in the borth. Boil and add in the entrails. Make an admixture of bread and blood with vinegar and add to the broth. Boile onions, mince them and add to the broth. In the same manner, you can make this with a pig.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Burseu. |
Take the entrails of a calf, swine or sheep parboil them and cut them into dice and place in good broth with herbs. Grind baby onions and chop finely [add to the broth] and boil until tender. Add two egg yolks to thicken and season with verjuice, powder douce and salt then serve it forth.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Corate. |
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Noumbles·
Ꞇe noumble of ꝺeeɼ oɼ of oþꝯ best· ꝑboyle ē +̅ erue ē ꞇo ꝺyce · ꞇae þe elf broꞇ or beꝯ · ta breꝺe +̅ grynꝺe wt þe bɼoꞇ· +̅ tēꝑ iꞇ ỽp wiþ a goꝺe qunꞇe of ỽynegꝯ +̅ wyne · ꞇae oynos +̅ ꝑbo&0131;le ē mynce ē mal +̅ ꝺo þꝯꞇo · colo ᷑ iꞇ wt bloꝺe. +̅ ꝺo þꝯꞇo pouꝺo ꝰ forꞇ +̅ salꞇ +̅ boile iꞇ wel +̅ sꝯue iꞇ forꞇ· |
Entrails Take the entrails of deer, or of any other animal. Parboil then and cut into dice. Take the coking broth or better. Take bread and grind it with the broth then mix with a good quantity of vinegar and wine. Take onions and parboil them then mince them finely and combine withe other ingredients. Colour it with blood and season with powder fort and salt. Boil it well and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Noumbles. |
oo brot·
Ꞇe þe lyɼꝯ of þe bore oþꝯ of þe ɼoo · ꝑboile iꞇ on smale morcel· eeþ iꞇ wele alf waꞇꝯ +̅ alf in wyne · tae breꝺ +̅ bray it wiþ þe elf broꞇ · +̅ ꝺɼawe bloꝺe þꝯ ꞇo +̅ lat it eeþ ꞇo gidꝯ wiꞇ poudo fort · of ꝫ̅ꝫ̅ · or of canel · macy wt a greꞇe porcio of ỽyneg ꝰ wiꞇ rayssos of corate · |
Roe Deer Broth Take a mixture of boar and roe [deer meats]. Parboil these then pound into small morsels. Boil it thoroughly in a mixture of half water and half wine. Take bread and make a broth of it and the [meat] cooking stock. Mix with blood and let it boil together with powder fort, ginger, cinnamon and mace along with a generous amount of vinegar and with currants. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Roo Broth. |
Take fine breadcrumbs, and mix with raw eggs and flavour with saffron and powder douce and mix it with good broth and make it in the same manner as Cawdel then mix in a little verjuice.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Tredure. |
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Veal or Mutton Stew with Herbs and Egg Liaison Take veal or mutton and beat it into small piecess. Boil in good broth and add shredded herbs, good wqine and a quantity of minced onions. [Season with] powder fort and saffron and mix with eggs and verjuice, but do not boil after [they are added]. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Veal or Mutton Stew with Herbs and Egg Liaison. |
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Buenaꝺe·
Ꞇe ennꝯ oþꝯ conyngꝯ · oþꝯ ỽeel oþꝯ oþꝯ fle +̅ ewe iꞇ ꞇo gobeꝯ waie iꞇ +̅ eeþ hiꞇ wel· grynꝺ almaꝺꝯ unblacheꝺ +̅ ꝺɼawe ē up wiþ þe bɼoꞇ caſt þꝯinne rayſos of corace · ug poudo ꝫ̅ꝫ̅· erbes y ſteweꝺ grece · oynos anꝺ salꞇ · yf iꞇ is tynne : alye iꞇ ỽp wꞇ flo of rys oþꝯ wꞇ oþeꝯ þyng · colo ᷑ iꞇ wiþ afron anꝺ sꝯue iꞇ forꞇ. |
Take chickens or rabbits or veal or other [kind of] meat and cut into small pieces. Wash them and boil it well. Grind unblanched almonds and mix with the [meal cooking] broth and add currants, sugar, powdered ginger and herbs fried in lard with onions and salt. If it is too thin, thicken with rice flour or with another thing and colour it with saffron.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Bukkeande. |
Quince Custard Pare your quinces then chose the beat and place in an earthen pot. Stew in lard then mix with clarified honey and with raw yolks [of eggs] and with a little almond milk and flavour with powder fort and saffron. And ensure that it is to your liking. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Connates. |
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Small Birds in Almond Milk Take blanched almonds, grind them and combine then with good broth. Take a large number of onions and parboil them then fry them and add [to the almond mixture]. Take small birds and parboil them then add pellitory and salt and a little lard. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Small Birds in Almond Milk. |
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Mawmene
Ꞇe a potel of wyne cɼeke +̅ ii · ponꝺe of ug · ꞇae anꝺ clarifye þe ug wꞇ a qnꞇiꞇe of wyne +̅ ꝺɼawe iꞇ þoɼow a ſtyno ꞇo a poꞇ of erte · ꞇae flo of ry +̅ meꝺle wt ū of the wyne +̅ caſt to gaꝺɼr · tae pynꝯ wiþ ꝺates +̅ frye ē a litul grece oþꝯ oyle +̅ caſt ē to geder · tae clowꝯ +̅ flour of canel ole +̅ caſt þꝯꞇo · tae pouꝺo ꝫ̅ꝫ̅ · canelle · clowes · colo iꞇ wꞇ saꝺɼꝯ a litul if it be neꝺe caſt alt þꝯto +̅ lat iꞇ ſeeþ warly wiþ a low fyɼꝯ +̅ noꞇ ꞇo ꞇice· ꞇae brawne of capos y teyſiꝺ oþꝯ of feſaꞇꝯ teyſiꝺ mal +̅ caſt þꝯꞇo· |
Take a bottle of Greek wine and two pounds of sugar. Clarify the sugar with a quantity of wyne and pass it through a strainer into an earthen pot. Take ground cinnamon and mix with some of the wine then combine [with the sugar and wine]. Take pine nuts with dates and fry them a little in lard or in oil and combine [with the other ingredients]. Take whole cloves and ground cinnamon and add [to the mixture]. Colour it with a little sandalwood and if necessary season with walt. Let it boil gently with a slow fire and do not allow to become too thick. Take the flesh of capons, torn apart with the fingers, or of pheasant, finely shred with the fingers and add [to the stew].
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Chicken in White Wine with Dates and Pine Nuts. |
Egredouce
Ꞇe cōnyngꝰ or yꝺꝺe +̅ myꞇe ē on pecys rawe +̅ fry ē in white grece · ꞇae rayſos of corace +̅ fry ē. ꞇae oynos ꝑboyle ē +̅ ewe ē mal +̅ fry ē · ꞇae reꝺe wyne · . ug ᷑ wꞇ pouꝺo of peꝑ · of ꝫ̅ꝫ̅ · anꝺ canel alꞇ +̅ caſt þꝯꞇo · . +̅ lat iꞇ ſeeþ wꞇ a goꝺe qnꞇiꞇe of wiꞇe gɼece +̅ ꝯue iꞇ forꞇ· |
Meat in Sweet and Sour Sauce Take rabbits or kid goat and chop into raw pieces and fry them in lard and take currants and fry them and take onions and boil them and chop them finely and fry them and take red wine, sugar with powdered pepper and powdered ginger and cinnamon [and] salt and sprinkle over [the dish]. Let it boil with a good quantity of larde and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Meat in Sweet and Sour Sauce. |
Capos Cocy̅
Ꞇe capos +̅ ɼoſt ē ryꝫꞇ oꞇe þꞇ þey be noꞇ alf ynowꝫ anꝺ ewe em ꞇo gobeꝯ and caſt hē in a poꞇ. ꝺo þꝯꞇo clene brot· eeþ em þat þey be tenꝺur · ꞇa breꝺe +̅ þe self broꞇ anꝺ ꝺrawe iꞇ ỽp y ferꝯ · ꞇa ſtɼong pouꝺo ᷑ +̅ afro +̅ alꞇ +̅ caſt þꝯꞇo · ꞇa ayrō +̅ eeþ ē arꝺe. ꞇa ouꞇ þe ꝫolꝯ anꝺ hewe þe white· ꞇa þe poꞇ fɼo þe fyre +̅ caſt þe wiꞇe þꝯinne · meſſe þe ꝺiꝯ þꝰwꞇ +̅ lay þe ꝫoles aboue ole anꝺ flourꝯ iꞇ wꞇ clowes · +̅ ꝯue iꞇ forꞇ· |
Chickens in Confyt Take your chickens and roast them until they are hot, but only half cooked. Cut into serving pieces then place in a pan and add fresh stock. Bring to a boil and cook until tender. Take bread and the cooking stock and mix together until thick. Season with strong powder, saffron and salt. Take eggs and boil until hard. Remove the yolks, whole and shred the whites finely. Take the pot from the fire and add the egg whites. Serve the dish and lay in the yolks, whole, and dust with cloves. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Capons in Confit. |
Hares in talbote ·
Ꞇe ares +̅ ewe ē gobeꞇꝯ +̅ eeþ ē wiþ þe bloꝺ unwaſeꝺ bꞅoꞇ · +̅ wan þey beþ y nowe caſt ē colꝺ waꞇur· pye ē anꝺ waie ē clene cole þe bꞅoꞇ +̅ ꝺꞅawe iꞇ þoꞅow a ſtrayno · ta oþꝯe bloꝺ +̅ caſt boillyng watur · eeþ yꞇ +̅ ꝺꞅawe iꞇ þꞅow a ſtyno · ꞇa almaꝺꝯ ỽnblaceꝺ · waie ē +̅ grynꝺ em +̅ tēꝑ iꞇ ỽp wꞇ þe elf broꞇ caſt al a poꞇ · ꞇa oynos ꝑboyle ē · myꞇe em smal +̅ caſt ē in to þis poꞇ · caſt þerinne pouꝺo forꞇ ỽynegꝯ +̅ alꞇ · |
Hares in Hare-blood Sauce Take hares and cut into serving pieces then boil them with their own blood in broth. When they are tender, remove and place in cold water. Pick over the meat and wash clean. Cool the broth and pass through a strainer. Take the blood and place in boiling water. Boil it and then pass through a strainer. Take unblanched almonds, wash them and gring them then mix with the cooking liquid. Place all the ingredients in a pot. Take onions and parboil them then pound until fine and add to the cooking pot. Season with powder fort, vinegar and salt. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Hares in Hare-blood Sauce. |
Hare Stew on a Bread Base Take hares and parboil them in good broth. Cool the broth and wash the meat. Beat eggs tpgether. Take sacramental wafers or wafers instead of diamond-shaped lozenges and lay in dishes. Take powder douce and scatter over everything. Salt the broth and pour over the dish and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Hare Stew on a Bread Base. |
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Rabbits in Blood and Vinegar Broth with Onion Take rabbits and chop into pieces and boil them in good broth. Mince onions and fry them in lard and add good broth to them. Make a thickening of bread, blood, vinegar and broth and add to them with powder fort. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Rabbits in Blood and Vinegar Broth with Onion. |
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Rabbits in Gravy. Take rabbits and chop into pieces. Parboil them and combine with good broth and with almonds blanched and pounded in a mortar. Add sugar and powdered ginger and boil this along with the flesh [of the rabbits]. Sprinkle with sugar and powdered ginger and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Rabbits in Gravy. |
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Take chickens and prepare it in the same manner [as rabbits in gravy] and serve them forth.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Chickens in Gravy. |
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Fillets in a Sauce of Meat Juices Take fillets of pork and roast them until half done then cut into pieces. Make a thickening of bread and blood with broth and vinegar and add [to the meat]. Boil it thoroughly and season it with powder and salt and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Fillets in a Sauce of Meat Juices. |
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Take a scalded pig, quarter it and boil the parts in water with salt. Take the pieces and let them cool. Take parsley and sage and grind with bread and hard-boiled egg yolks. Temper it with vinegar until thick. Lay the pig in a dish and serve [the sauce] on top then serve it forth.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Pork in Sauce. |
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Sauce maꝺame·
Ꞇ auge · ꝑſel · yſop· +̅ sau ᷑ay qince· peru· garle +̅ gꞅapꝯ +̅ fylle þe gees þꝯwꞇ +̅ awe þe ole þꞇ no gꞅece come ouꞇ +̅ ꞅoſt ē wel +̅ epe þe grece þꞇ falliþ þ ᷑of ta galenꞇyne +̅ gꞅece +̅ ꝺo a poſſeneꞇ · wan þe gee beþ ꞅoſteꝺ y nowꝫ ꞇa +̅ myte ē on pecys · anꝺ ꞇa þaꞇ is wꞇinne +̅ ꝺo iꞇ a poſſenet · +̅ puꞇ þeꞅinne wyne if it be ꞇo ꞇic ꝺo þ ᷑to pouꝺo of galyngale · pouꝺo ꝺouce +̅ salꞇ · +̅ boyle þe sauce +̅ dꞅeſſe þe gees ꝺiꝯ +̅ lay þe ew onowaꞅꝺ· |
Take sage, parsley, hyssop and savory, quinces, pears, garlic and grapes and stuff the geese with them and sew the hole so that no fat comes out. Roast them well and keep the fat that falls from them. Take a meat juice sauce and fat and add to a posset. When the geese are sufficiently roasted take and chop them into pieces and take the stuffing and add to a posset and put wine in it if it is too thick. Add powdered galingale, powder douce and salt, and boil the sauce and dress the geese in dishes and put the sauce over them.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Sauce Madame. |
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