Blank mortrews (recipe)

From Cunnan

Contents 1 Period Recipe 2 Modern Recipe 2.1 Ingredients 2.2 Method 3 Notes

Period Recipe

From the Forme of Cury.

MORTREWS BLANK. XX.II. VI.

Take Pork and Hennes and seeþ hem as to fore. bray almandes blaunched, and temper hem up with the self broth. and alye the fleissh with the mylke and white flour of Rys. and boile it. & do þerin powdour of gyngur sugar and look þat it be stondyng.

Modern Recipe

Ingredients

• 300 g Pork
• 250 g Chicken Strips
• 250 g Almond meal
• 2 cups meat juices
• 2 Tbl Sugar
• 2 teas Galingale
• 2 Tbl rice flour

Method

1. Boil pork and chick seperatly until cooked.
2. Take juices and add in rest of ingrediants, cook for 2-4 minutes until slightly thickened, adding meats last just before serving.

Note: this was well received though maybe could have used a bit more seasoning

YiS to medieval cooking,
Nicolette Dufay

Notes

The historical version of this recipe was taken from the Project Gutenberg e-text of the Forme of Cury.