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Rediscovering Apple Confection: A Historical Confection found in Anonimo Veneziano

As promised, this is the recipe and research for the picture above.  This item was created for Pennsic 50 A&S Warpoint Team. I was chosen as an alternate, to step in if someone who was competing for points was unable to attend.   Original Recipe In Italian -  Confetti de melle apio o de pome paradiso se le voy fare subito chomo è gratate le poy fare come ti pare.   Toy la mella e mondala, poy la grata; varda che non vada le granelle dentro la gratitura e lassala sugare per dui iorni. El sucho che fa la mella lassalo pur con la mella; passa le pome gratate e per ogni tri libre de pome meti libre tri de mele e lassale stare dui zorni le pome chomo el mele; poy fale bolire sempre menandole con speçie tanto che le mele sia cocte, abi a mente le spezie voleno essere messe quando l' è quasi cocto el confetto, cossí quelle de chodogni. Poy la distendi suso una tavola o suso una pietra bagnata e fay a modo di foio grosso men de mezzo dido; poy lassala refredare e fane a modo de schachi
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Medieval Dessert - A Trio of Tarts - Apple, Peach & Grape & Raisin

Precedella surrounded by Roasted Apple Tarts "I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter's evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some sugar and a drench of cream." --Mark Twain What is a tart? A tart is a pastry that is filled with a savory or sweet filling that has an open top, unlike a pie that can be enclosed. When does the term "tart" first make an appearance? According to the food history timeline tarts and tartlets are first mentioned in the "Forme of Cury" and refer to both sweet and savory items. What about pies? According to the food history timeline, the first recorded use of the word "pie" was in 1303. Why call it a tart? The Online Etymological dictionary believes that the word tart referencing a "small pie," can be traced to the late 14c., from Old French tarte "flat, open-topped pastry" (13c.), possibly an alteration of torte, from L