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Garlic Pitta Bread

Make a few slits on one side of each pitta bread without cutting all the way throughHeat a griddle pan Griddle to warm the pittas on each side or place them under a hot grill Melt...
Healthiness: (120 votes)

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Almond Leach/Leech, a kind of Milk Jelly (Tudors)

To make Almond Milk: (Note: You need to make this the day before)Roughly 250g almonds/2 tablespoon rice flour moistened with 550ml water, is about the right proportions to end up with...
Healthiness: (172 votes)

Almond Leech

Make the almond milk by pouring warmed white wine through the ground almonds in a clothMix the almond milk with gelatine to make a white pudding. Pour into a dish. Leave to...
Healthiness: (258 votes)

Bread

Warm the flour by the fireFor white bread, bolt the flour (that is sieve it though a fine cloth). Then add a little butter to the flour and rub this in Add a little warm...
Healthiness: (811 votes)

Bread (Tudors)

Sift the flour into the bowl, add the salt. Rub in the lardMix in the dried yeast and make a well (hollow) in the centre Add the tepid water and stir in. Work the mixture...
Healthiness: (17 votes)

Cornish Pasty (Tudors)

Put the oven on Gas 5, 190CFlour the surface and roll out half of the pastry into a circleCut a small piece from one edge and seal it to make a wall down the centre of the...
Healthiness: (276 votes)

Dried Apples (Tudors)

Peel your apples and core themSlice the apples thinly, approx 1/2 cm or lessThread the apples onto the string, either using pegs to space them or by tying. (The rings should...
Healthiness: (223 votes)

Frumenty (Tudors)

Boil the wheat in the water for 15 minutesRemove from the heat and stand for 15 minutes, most of the water should now be absorbedAdd the stock and bring to the...
Healthiness: (522 votes)

Frumenty

Set a cookpot by the fire to warm, covered with a lid Add a little butter to the bottom of the pot and sweat the onionsAdd the chopped parsley and stir a...
Healthiness: (266 votes)

Gingered Bread

Take off the crusts and roughly crumble the bread into a bowl Rub the bread through your fingers to make fine crumbsMelt the butter and honey together in a pot by the...
Healthiness: (297 votes)

Gingered Bread

Take off the crusts and roughly crumble the bread into a bowl Rub the bread through your fingers to make fine crumbsMelt the butter and honey togetherPour the...
Healthiness: (770 votes)

Grand Salad (Tudors)

Wash handsChop 1 onionPeel 3 eggsSeparate yolksSlice yolks thinlyChop whitesPut apple in middlePut lemon on topStick...
Healthiness: (742 votes)

Hardtack (Ships Biscuits) (Tudors)

Measure out the flour and place in a mixing bowlMeasure out the milk and butter and place in a saucepanMelt the butter in the milk over a very low heatAdd the sea...
Healthiness: (1868 votes)

Hippocras (Hippocrace, Hippocrass)

Set the pipkin by the fire to warmPut the wine in the potAdd the cinnamon, star anise, ginger and nutmeg and allow to infuseAdd the slices of orange and...
Healthiness: (416 votes)

Mutton and Chicken Stew (Tudors)

Clean the meat and boil for a while Put part of the broth into another pot and add the pound of raisinsLet the raisins boil until tenderAdd a little portion of...
Healthiness: (141 votes)

Pease Pudding or Pottage (Tudors)

Bring the water to the boil Add the fresh peas and onions (and saffron, if used). If you are using dried peas soak them overnight before startingCook until the peas...
Healthiness: (761 votes)

Poultry with Orange Sauce (Tudors)

Cook the chicken or duck pieces for about 15-20 minutes in a frying panWhilst the duck is cooking, slice the oranges and add them to a panAdd the grape juice (white wine),...
Healthiness: (103 votes)

Rabbit served with Redcurrant Sauce

Skin the rabbit and cut the meat into large piecesRub butter into the surface of the rabbit piecesRoughly chop the onionChop or prepare the herbsWarm...
Healthiness: (123 votes)

Rabbit with Redcurrant Sauce (Tudors)

Cut the rabbit into 4 pieces, if this has not been done for youBrown the rabbit in a heavy based, lightly greased panAdd the wine or stock, onions and...
Healthiness: (156 votes)

Re-fried Beans

Warm a lidded cookpot by the fireOnce the pot is hot, melt the butter Simmer the onions in the butter until softAdd the butter beans and simmer until they begin to...
Healthiness: (178 votes)

Re-fried Beans (Tudors)

Melt the butter in a deep panSimmer the onions until softAdd the butter beans and simmer until they begin to break up a littleAdd the parsley, stir well until...
Healthiness: (102 votes)

Redcurrant Sauce (for use with rabbit)

Use a pestle and mortar to bruise some of the redcurrants (do not grind them)Place the bruised fruit in the pipkinAdd the crab apple (verjuice) and stirAdd the red...
Healthiness: (60 votes)

Spiced Apple Juice or Non-Alcoholic Hippocrass (Tudors)

Pour the juice into a saucepanBreak the cinnamon quill into pieces and add to the panAdd the runny honey and ginger tooGrate a little fresh nutmeg inWarm...
Healthiness: (185 votes)

Stuffed Mackerel

Wash the fish, place a pot by the fire to warmPlace the butter and herbs in the belly of the fish. These can be made into a herb butter if preferredTie the fish...
Healthiness: (108 votes)

Stuffed Trout or Mackerel (Tudors)

Wash the fishPlace the butter and herbs in the belly of the fish. These can be made into a herb butter if preferredTie the fish closedPour the stock or wine into a...
Healthiness: (70 votes)

Tudor boiled and baked ham (Tudors)

Soaking the ham:The ham needs to be put into a container large enough to be well covered by water or you will need to keep turning it to make sure the salt is evenly soaked...
Healthiness: (177 votes)

Tudor High Table

The more wealthy would eat their main meal in the evening with a well presented table with a variety of foods. Meat and fish would be high upon the menu as would sweet things - well loved by rich...
Healthiness: (112 votes)

Tudor Low Table Meal

The main meal for a working man in Tudor times would have been simple but wholesome, mainly based on vegetables but with occasional meat. The drink would have mostly been ale, since...
Healthiness: (99 votes)

Vegetable Pottage (Tudors)

Prepare the vegetablesPut them in the saucepan with the butter and lightly fry to soften Add the chopped parsley and oatsAdd the stockCover and cook slowly...
Healthiness: (806 votes)

Vegetable Pottage

Peel the onion, roughly slice and chopTop and tail the leeks and parsnip, peel the outer skins and roughly chopRoughly chop some spinachWarm a pot by the fire...
Healthiness: (1208 votes)

Yeoman's Pudding (Tudors)

Cut the bread into small chunksBeat the eggs, honey and nutmeg togetherAdd a little milk and beatMelt the fat or butter in a panDip the bread into the egg...
Healthiness: (312 votes)

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