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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

Refreshing almond lemonade

Straight to the recipe This is a recipe with a short introduction, belonging to the series of recipes for the…

5 years ago

Feuerzangenbowle, playing with fire

In October 2018 I gave a guest-talk for an international group of ex-pats in The Hague on spiced wines through…

5 years ago

Red mustard the Roman way

Straight to the recipe This is not the first recipe for mustard on Coquinaria. The first mustard-recipe, from the fourteenth-century…

6 years ago

Clareit

Straight to the recipe Spiced wine for warm summer evenings and cold winter nights Mulled wine is most often red…

13 years ago

Zabaglione

Straight to the recipe Unchanged through the centuries There was no country called Italy in the Middle Ages. There was…

14 years ago

Pyke in Galentyne

Straight to the recipe  A medieval feast for nose, eyes and palate Sauces are an important part of the medieval…

15 years ago

Tasty hedgehogs

Straigh to the recipe A medieval subtlety There really are recipes for preparing hedgehog, but fear not: the recipe on…

16 years ago

Excellent cookies

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

17 years ago

Dutch muffins with speculaas spices

There are two kinds of muffins, English ones, and American muffins. Muffins originate from England, but are also very popular…

18 years ago

Tortelli in brodo

Straight to the recipe An Italian recipe from the sixteenth century This is a real classic from the Italian kitchen:…

20 years ago