Dessert

Cherry custard from the sixteenth century

This recipe is from The Excellent Cookbook from Carolus Battus, published in 1593. Marleen Willbrands and I (Christianne Muusers) have…

3 years ago

Speculoos ice cream

Can one enjoy ice cream during winter? Absolutely! This ice cream with speculoos is a great way to use left-over…

4 years ago

Vanilla ice cream

This is a very rich ice cream, with sugar, fat and cholesterol. So, why would you want to make it?…

6 years ago

Mint soufflé

Straight to the recipe The introduction to the recipe is on this page, about Antonin Carême and the history of soufflés,…

6 years ago

Rhubarb, the reverse tomato

Two recipes for early summer Straight to the recipe Rhubarb is a culinary eccentric, the counterpart of the tomato. Much…

7 years ago

Stuffed oranges

Straight to the recipe A feast for the eye This recipe is from the great Antonin Carême, the Frenchman who…

7 years ago

Tamarind ice-cream

Straight to the recipe An exotic flavour from the nineteenth century   Last year I had the good fortune to…

9 years ago

Plum Pie and Pieter Cornelisz Hooft

Straight to the recipe A delicious Dutch pie from the seventeenth century Straight to the recipe Summer is plum season.…

10 years ago

Sup with prunes and raisins

Straight to the recipe A dish for Lent This recipe for a 'sup' from the middle of the eighteenth century…

10 years ago

To make a trifle

Straight to the recipe Mrs Beeton's calorie bomb Our Christmas dinner from 2011 was themed Austen and Dickens. The recipe…

11 years ago