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Scappi’s Macaroni

Straight to the recipe A lot of work, but also a lot of fun The previous historical recipe on Coquinaria…

7 years ago

Medieval Easter Eggs

Straight to the recipe Playing with colours During Lent, which starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday before…

12 years ago

Mock eggs for Lent

Just for fun Straight to the recipe This an extra recipe with the Medieval coloured easter Eggs. During Lent, between carnival…

12 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

Rice Pudding for Lent

Straight to the recipe This fourteenth-century recipe is especially for Lent, the period between carnival and Easter. Meat and dairy products…

13 years ago

Purée from broad beans

Straight to the recipe This recipe for broad beans is taken from the sixteenth-century cookbook Opera by Italian Bartolomeo Scappi (see bibliography). more…

14 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…

17 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…

17 years ago

Deep-fried braids(Dafâir)

Straight to the recipe An Arab recipe from the thirteenth century Arab pastry is delicious. Sweet and rich, but really…

19 years ago

Medieval pea soup

Very simple The recipe is taken from ms KANTL Gent 15, second part. Edition: W.L. Braekman, Een nieuw zuidnederlands kookboek uit…

21 years ago

Aubergines in aubergine sauce

This recipe for aubergines (eggplants) with aubergine sauce was chosen because of the possible connection with an Arab recipe with…

21 years ago

Fake Fish

Straight to the recipe Medieval apple pie for Lent Lent - The fishy season In the Middle Ages the catholic…

21 years ago