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Forme of Cury by Samuel Pegge.
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The Form of Cury Recipes Page 2
The Forme of Cury
ꟾncipit Ꝼoꝛma .
Hodge-podge of Geese Take geese and chop into pieces. Add to a pot and add half wine and half water and add a good quantity of onions and herbs. Set it over the fire and cover it closely. Make a thickening of bread and blood and place in the pot. Add powder fort and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Hodge-podge of Geese. |
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Pork Flesh Take the meat of pigs, parboil it and grind it small and mix with the yolks of eggs. Set it over the fire with white lard and and ensure it does not boil too briskly. Add saffron and powder fort and arrange on a dish. Sprinkle over powder douce and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Pork Flesh. |
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Chickens in Caudle Take chickens, boil them in good broth [until done] and arrange them together. Then take raw egg yolks and the broth and mix it together. Add therein powdered ginger and sugar, enough saffron and salt and set it over the fire without boiling and serve the chickens whole or in pices and pour over the sauce. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Chickens in Caudle. |
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Stuffed Chickens Cooked in Broth Take chickens and scald them. Take parsley and sage without any other herbs. Take garlic and grapes and stuff the chickens full and boil them in good broth. So that they may be easily boiled therein. Serve them and sprinkle over powder douce. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Stuffed Chickens Cooked in Broth. |
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How to Boil Peasant, Partridges, Capons and Curlews Take good broth and add the fowl to this then add whole peppercorns and plenty of ground cinnamon lad let them boil with [this sauce] then serve it forth and sprinkle over powder douce. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for How to Boil Peasant, Partridges, Capons and Curlews. |
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Blan maunger
Ꞇ capos anꝺ eeþ ē þēne ꞇa ē up · tae almaunꝺes blaced · gꞅyne ē +̅ alye ē ỽp wꞇ þe ame bꞅoꞇ · caſt þe myle a poꞇ · waye ꞅys +̅ ꝺo þ ᷑to +̅ laꞇ it seeþ · þanne ꞇa bꞅawne of capos · tere iꞇ mal anꝺ ꝺo þꝯꞇo · ꞇae wite grece · ugꝰ +̅ alꞇ +̅ caſt þꝯinne · lat iꞇ seeþ · þa̅ne meſſe iꞇ fort anꝺ florye iꞇ wꞇ aneys cōfet reꝺe oþꝰ wyte +̅ almaꝺes y fryeꝺ in oyle· |
White Desire Take capons and boil them, then take them out. Take blanched almonds, grind them and mix them up with the cooking broth. Place the [resultant almond] milk in a pot. Wash rice, add to the rice milk and let it boil. Then take the meat of the capons and shred into small pieces and add to the pot. Let it boil then serve it and garnish it with aniseed confits (either red or white) and almonds fried in oil. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Blank Maunger. |
White Desire Take blanched almonds, grind them and temper them with white wine, on a flesh day with broth. And add to this rice flour or amydone [wheat or rye starch] and mix therewith. Take the ground meat of capons. Take sugar and salt and add to [the mixture] and garnish it with white aniseed confits. Take a bowl [hollow dish] and put in saffron and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for White Desire. |
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Mulberries Take blanched almonds, wash them, grind them and temper them with red wine and combine them with rice flour. Add fried pine nuts and colour it with sandalwood. Add to this powder fort and powder douce and alt. Serve it forth and sprinkle with white aniseed confits. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Mulberries. |
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Minced Meat Take pork and boil it thoroughly. Chop it finely, ad it to a pan, bread eggs and add to this and mix thoroughly together. Add cow milk and saffron and boil it together. Salt it and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Charlet. |
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Forced Meat Take milk and boil it, and mix it with egg yolks. Avvnblanchedd andd waxsshe he<-> .. gryndd he<-> .. ddrawe he<-> nd add to this powqdered ginger, sugar and saffron. Take the Charlet [meat] out of the broth and serve it in dishes then pour over the stock. Sprinkle it with powder douce and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Charlet Yforced. |
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Take white bread flour and good wine. Combine these together and add a large quantity of Cypriot sugar or clarified honey. And add to this saffron. Boil it and when it is boiled, combine with egg yolks and season with salt then serve it forth and sprinkle with sugar and powdered ginger.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Caudle Ferry. |
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Thickened Broth with Eggs and Sage Take grated bread and eggs and stir them together. Add saffron, sage and salt and pour in broth. Boil it and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Thickened Broth with Eggs and Sage. |
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Take and prepare as charlet forced and serve it forth.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Jusshell Enforced. |
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ortrews·
Ꞇ hennes +̅ por +̅ seeþ em to gyder · ꞇa þe lyrꝯ of ennꝯ +̅ of þe poꞅ +̅ ew iꞇ mal +̅ grynꝺe iꞇ al to ꝺuſt . ꞇa bꞅeꝺ y graꞇe +̅ ꝺo þ ᷑to . +̅ tēꝑ it wꞇ þe self bꞅoꞇ +̅ alye it ỽp wꞇ ꝫoles of ayꞅo anꝺ caſt þ ᷑on pouꝺo foɼꞇ · boyle iꞇ +̅ ꝺo þꝯinne pouꝺo of ꝫ̅ꝫ̅· ugꝯ · safꞅo +̅ alꞇ . +̅ loe þt iꞇ be ſtonꝺyng anꝺ flourꝯ iꞇ wꞇ pouꝺo gyngꝯ. |
Take chicken and pork and boil them together. Take the mixture of chicken and pork [meat} and chop it finely and grind to a paste. Take grated bread and mix in and temper with the cooking broth and mix this with the yolks of eggs and sprinkle over powder fort. Boil it and add powdered ginger, sugar, saffron and salt. Cook until thick and sprinkle with powdered ginger.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Morterws. |
Take pork and hens and boil them as before. Grind blanched almonds in a mortar, mix them with the meat cooking broth and combine the meat with the [almond] milk and white rice flour. Boil it and add powdered ginger, sugar and salt and cook until thick.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Mortrews Blank. |
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Brewet of almayn·
Ꞇ cōnyngꝰ or yꝺꝺꝯ +̅ ewe ē mal on morcels oþ ᷑ on pecys ꝑboyle ē wiꞇ þe ame bꞅoꞇ · ꝺꞅawe an almanꝺ myl +̅ [ꝺo þe] fle þꝯwit·. caſt þꝯꞇo pouꝺo galyngale +̅ of ꝫ̅ꝫ̅ · wꞇ flo of rys +̅ colo iꞇ wiþ alenet · boyle hiꞇ · alꞇ it +̅ meſſe it fort wꞇ sug anꝺ poudo ꝺouce. |
Take rabbits or kid goat and chop into morsels or into pieces and parboil them with some broth. Make and almond milk, and cook this with the meat. Add galangal powder and powdered ginger with rice flour. Colour this with alkenet, boil it, season with salt and serve garnished with sugar and powder douce.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Bruet of Almonds. |
Take pigeons and boil them with peeled garlic and whith good herbs, chopped. Cook in an earthern pot with good broth, lard, powder fort, saffron, onions and salt.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Peiouns y Stewed. |
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Loſeyns.
Ꞇak goꝺe bɼoꞇ +̅ ꝺo an eꞅþen poꞇ · ꞇa flo of paynꝺmayn +̅ mae þꝯof tynne foyles as paꝑ wiþ a ꞅolleɼ · ꝺrye yꞇ arꝺ +̅ eeþ iꞇ brot · ꞇa ceſe ruayne grateꝺ +̅ lay it ꝺiꝯ wiþ pouꝺo ꝺouce +̅ lay þꝯon loſeyns y oꝺe as ole as þu myꝫt · +̅ aboue pouꝺo +̅ ceſe +̅ o ꞇwye or þrye +̅ sꝯue iꞇ forꞇ· |
Take good broth and heat in an earthen pot. Take fine bread flour and make a paste thereof with water and roll into sheets as thin as paper using a rolling pin. Dry it until hard then boil it in broth. Take grated Rouen cheese and sprinkle in a dish with powder douce and lay the boiled loseyns over, leaving them as whole as you can. Above, add a layer of powder and cheese and repeat this two or three times then serve it forth.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Loseyns. |
Ꞇartlees·
Ꞇ por y oꝺe +̅ grynꝺe iꞇ mal wꞇ afro · meꝺle iꞇ wiþ ayro +̅ ꞅaysos of corace +̅ pouꝺo forꞇ +̅ alꞇ. make a foyle of ꝺow +̅ cloſe þe fars þꝯinne · caſt þe tartleꝯ a panne wiþ fayre watur boıllyng +̅ salꞇ · ꞇa of þe clene flee wꞇouꞇe ayꞅo +̅ boyle iꞇ goꝺe broꞇ caſt þꝰinne pouꝺo ꝺouce anꝺ salꞇ +̅ meſſe þe ꞇartleꞇꞇꝯ in ꝺyꝯ elꝺ þe ew þꝯon · |
Tartlets Take boiled pork and grind it finely with saffron, mix with eggs, currants, powder fort and salt. Make a leaf of pastry and close the filling therein. Place the tartlet in a pan with boiling, salted, water. Take some of the pork meat without egg and boil it in good broth. Season with powder douce and salt and serve the tartlet in a dish and add the pork. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Tartlettes/Tartletes. |
A Dish of Pine Nuts Take blanched almonds and boil them up somewhat thick with good broth or with water and set on the fire and boil it. Add the yolks of eggs that have been strained. Take pine nuts fried in oil or in lard and add white powder douce, sugar and salt and colour it a little with alkanet. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for A Dish of Pine Nuts. |
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Rosy Take thick milk, as previously directed, and add to this sugar and a generous number of pine nuts, minced dates, cinnamon and powdered ginger and boil in and mix it with the petals of white roses and rice flour. Allow to cool, season with salt and serve it forth. If you wish, instead of almond milk, take fresh cream from cows. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Rosy. |
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Cormarye ·
Ꞇ colyanꝺꞅe · caꞅaway mal groꝺen · pouꝺo of peꝑ and gaꞅle y gꞅoꝺe +̅ ꞅeꝺe wyne · meꝺle alle þes ꞇo giꝺeꞅ anꝺ salꞇ iꞇ · ꞇa loynes of poꞅ ꞅawe +̅ fle of þe syn anꝺ pry iꞇ wel wiþ a nyf +̅ lay iꞇ þe sauſe · ꞅoſt þeꞅof waꞇ þou woſꞇ +̅ epe þaꞇ þaꞇ falliþ þꝯfꞅo þe ꞅoſtyng +̅ eeþ it a poſſynet wiþ fayrꝯ bꞅoꞇ +̅ sue iꞇ forꞇ wꞇ þe ꞅoſt anō · |
Take coriander, finely-ground caraway, powdered pepper and garlic ground in red wine. Mix all these together and season with salt. Take uncooked loins of pork and remove the skin and prick all over with a knife and lay it in the sauce. [Allow to marinate] then roast the meat and keep the juices in the roasting tray. Boil the pan juices in a small pan with clean broth and serve it to accompany the roast.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Roast Pork Marinated in Red Wine. |
Fresh Deer Offal Take the offal and wash them clean with water and salt and par-boil them in water. Drain and dice them and dress as you would other offal. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Fresh Deer Offal. |
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The loin of pork is from the hip bone to the head. | |
The fillets, both two, that are taken out of the legs. | |
Made From the Berries of Spines Take and make good thick almond milk, as previously, and add hawthorn flour and make it as a rose [ie rose coloured] and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Made From the Berries of Spines. |
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Cyrys·
Ꞇ almaꝺꝯ ỽnblanceꝺ anꝺ wae ē · grynꝺ ē · ꝺrawe ē ỽp wꞇ goꝺe bꞅoꞇ · ꝺo þꝯꞇo þryꝺꝺe part of cyry. þe ſtones ta ouꞇ +̅ grynꝺ em male · mae a layo of goꝺe breꝺe +̅ pouꝺo ᷑ +̅ alꞇ +̅ ꝺo þ ᷑ꞇo · colo iꞇ wꞇ aꝺꞅes ſo þt it be ſtonꝺyng +̅ florye iꞇ wiþ aney +̅ wt ceweꞅye +̅ ſtɼowe þꝰỽon +̅ s ꝰue it forꞇ · |
Cherries Take unblanched almands, wash them, grind them and boil them up with good broth. Add a third part of cherries, take out the stones and grind them finely. Make a layer of good bread and powder and salt and add [to the dish] Colour it with sandalwood and cook until stiff. Garnish by scattering the top with anise seeds and cherries and serve it forth. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Chyryse. |
Pfounꝺewe ·
Ꞇ bꞅede +̅ frye it grece oþ ꝯ in oyle · ta iꞇ ỽp +̅ lay it goꝺe wyne · grynꝺe iꞇ wꞇ rayſos · ꞇa ony +̅ ꝺo iꞇ in a poꞇ +̅ caſt pꝰinne gleyre of ayro wꞇ a litul wat ᷑ · eꞇ it onꝯ þe fyrꝰ +̅ boyle iꞇ · +̅ wan þe aꞇe aryſiþ ꞇo goue ouꝯ tak it a ꝺo +̅ ele it, +̅ wan iꞇ is þus claryfyeꝺ ꝺo it ꞇo þꞇ oþ ᷑e wꞇ ug anꝺ pyces · alꞇ iꞇ +̅ loe iꞇ be ſtonꝺyng · flory hiꞇ wꞇ wiꞇe colyaꝺꞅꝯ in confyꞇ anꝺ sꝯue iꞇ forꞇ · |
Dissolved Bread Take bread and fry it in lard or in oil, remove from the pan and place in red wine. Grind it with raisins, take honey and pour it in a pot and mix in the whites of eggs with a little water and beat it well together with a slice. Set it over the fire and boil it and when the bubbles rise to overflow take it down and cool it and when it has clarified cook again with sugar and spices. Salt it and cook until stiff. Garnish with white comfits of coriander seeds. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Dissolved Bread. |
Cruton ·
Ꞇ þe offal of capo oþꝯ of oþꝯ bryꝺꝺes · mae ē clene +̅ ꝑboyle ē · ꞇa em ỽp +̅ ꝺyce ē · ꞇa swete cow myle +̅ caſt þꝯinne +̅ lat iꞇ boyle · ꞇa paynꝺemayn +̅ of þe elf myl +̅ ꝺꞅawe þoꞅowꝯ a cloꞇ +̅ caſt iꞇ in a poꞇ · anꝺ lat iꞇ eeþ · tae ayꞅo yoꝺe · ewe þe wite +̅ caſt þꝯꞇo +̅ lye þe ewe wiꞇ ꝫoles of ayron᷑ raw · colo iꞇ wꞇ safꞅo · ꞇa þe ꝫolꝯ +̅ frye ē +̅ florye ē þ ᷑wꞇ anꝺ pouꝺo ꝺouce · |
Savoury Custard Take the offal of capons or of other birds. Clean and parboil them. Cook them and dice them. Take fresh cow milk, add the meats and let them boil. Mix fine bread flour and the cooking milk and pass through a cloth. Set in a pot and let it boil. Take boiled eggs, chop the whites and add to the pot then bind the dish with raw egg yolks and colour it with saffron. Take the [hard boiled] egg yolks and fry them and use them to garnish the dish along with powder douce. For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Savoury Custard. |
Take a small pork fillets and roast them until half-done then chop into serving-sized pieces and cook in wine and vinegar and minced onions and once cooked garnish with good powders and salt and serve it forth.
For the modern redaction, see the recipe for Vyne Grace. |
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