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| Harleian MS. 279 (ab 1430) - .xxxxix. Sardeyneȝ - Almond Pottage |
Sometime ago I posted a happy mistake for a sugared and spiced nut dish based on this set of instructions called xxxxix. Sardeyneȝ. I had planned on correcting the mistake immediately and posting the more period correct version but then the sun room construction started, life got in the way and I am late in publishing --Sardeyneȝ "the right way".
Because this recipe is found in the pottages section of Two fifteenth-century cookery-books : Harleian MS. 279 (ab 1430), & Harl. MS. 4016 (ab. 1450), with extracts from Ashmole MS. 1439, Laud MS. 553, & Douce MS. 55 by Thomas Austin, the consistency that we should be finding from a correctly interpreted recipe is that of a soft pudding, cereal or gruel. Here then is the more appropriate interpretation of this dish, which is simply delicious and highly recommended. It would make an excellent camp breakfast dish, and I would recommend it for a pottage at any feast or luncheon you choose to make.
.xxxxix. Sardeyneȝ.—Take Almaundys, & make a gode Mylke of Flowre of Rys, Safroun, Gyngere; Canelle, Maces, Quybibeȝ; grynd hem smal on a morter, & temper hem vppe with þe Mylke; þan take a fayre vesselle, & a fayre parte of Sugre, & boyle hem wyl, & rynsche þin dysshe alle a-bowte with-ynne with Sugre or oyle, an þan serue forth.
49. Sardeyney - Take almonds, and make a good Milk of Flour of Rice, Saffron, Ginger, Cinnamon, Mace, Cubeb; grind them small on a mortar, and temper them up with the milk; than take a fair vessel, and fair part of sugar, and boil them well, and rinse your dish all about within with sugar or oil, and then serve forth.
Interpreted Recipe
1/4 cup almond flour
3/4 cup rice milk (or any nut milk, in a pinch I used almond milk)
Pinch of saffron and salt
1/2 tsp. pouder douce-sugar, ginger, cinnamon, mace (I have a powder given to me as a gift I used)
1/4 tsp. cubebs finely ground
1-2 tbsp. sugar or to taste
Bring all ingredients to a boil and then simmer until thickened. Garnish with a sprinkling of sugar, or butter (in lieu of oil) or both, and then serve.
This is a very comforting dish that is slightly reminiscent of cream of wheat or malt-o-meal. If you enjoy eating these cereals you will enjoy this dish. I hope you enjoy.
Sounds awesome to me! Of course that's no surprise when it has saffron in it.
ReplyDeleteThis dish seems to be related to the "Sauce Saracens". The "rinse your dish" part is especially baffling.
Sauce sarcenes. Make a thykke mylke of almondys do hit in a pot with floure of rye safrone gynger macys quibibis canel sygure & rynse the bottom of the disch with fat broth boyle the sewe byfore & messe hit forth. [Recipes from the Wagstaff Miscellany (England, 1460)]
I might try this as a low-carb cream of wheat. Just with almond flour, milk, Splenda, and cinnamon.
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