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Jacobin Sops

Straight to the recipe Take 200 capons ... This is a recipe from the delightful cookbook Du fait de cuysine by Maître…

18 years ago

A medieval game pie with a curious name

Straight to the recipe Also known as 'Turk's head' The name sounds very exciting, but it just means that the…

19 years ago

Excellent cookies

  This is a recipe for small but rich cookies. High tea is not customary in the Netherlands, but we do…

19 years ago

Lemonade

Een French recipe from the seventeenth century Straight to the recipe   A very simple recipe, because I am in…

19 years ago

Mallard with onion sauce

Straight to the recipe An English recipe from the fifteenth century A recipe from an English manuscript from the middle…

19 years ago

La Varenne’s meat stock

This is the first 'historical' recipe for stock on my site. This meat stock is taken from Le cuisinier françois by François…

19 years ago

Potage à la Reine

Straight to the recipe The French origins of a Dutch soup 'Queen's Day' (Koninginnedag) was a national holiday in the…

19 years ago

Medieval apple sauce

Disgustingly healthy! Apple sauce is a medieval relic. It was a popular dish, considering the many recipes for apple sauce that can…

19 years ago

Medieval applesauce from England

Greasy! Elsewhere on Coquinaria I have published a recipe for Apple Sauce for Lent. On this page is an English…

19 years ago

Cranberry-walnutbread

This is a really festive bread. It's tasty, and looks merry with the little red berries. I like eating it…

20 years ago