Tag Archives: 16th century

Spanish Pastries

Just a short recipe from Philippine Welser’s collection today. It looks like an early form of puff pastry: 71 If you want to make Spanish pastries Take good flour and prepare a dough with clear warm water. Salt it a … Continue reading

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Goose in Pastry

I have not abandoned my blog, but today is the first day I have some time by myself (the geandmother is on site and has decided the kid needs some proper spoiling) and the laptop up. I have also found … Continue reading

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Venison Pastries

I will be travelling with my son and there will probably not be time for many extensive posts in the coming week or so, so here is what Philippine Welser’s recipe collection says on venison pastries: 64 Further, how to … Continue reading

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Herb Tart (with lots of sage)

There is only time for a quick recipe today, so I will pick up a loose end from the crafting meeting: The green tart from the recipe collection of Philippine Welser. 52 If you want to make a tart of … Continue reading

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Lenten Dessert

We followed the fish feast on Good Friday with a dessert of illusion foods: Pastries, bratwurst sausages, and porridge topped with fried lardons. All of them fit for Lent. The pastries are easiest: You simply fill them with something other … Continue reading

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The Good Friday Fish Feast

A friend was able to source fresh trout for our gathering at the easter weekend, so I could finally try out some of my fish recipes on my unsuspecting fellow medievalists. The result was a Lenten spread that was both … Continue reading

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More on Meat Pastries

I am badly in arrears and promise to write up what I did over the Easter weekend, but there are still recipes and experiences from the Palm Sunday open. The main course of our meal that day were two meat … Continue reading

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A Grape Juice Tart Experiment

This Sunday, we had a meeting with local people from my medieval club to craft, sociaslise, and talk about our various projects. For me, it was an opportunity to try out a few recipes for an appreciative audience. Most were … Continue reading

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Two More Pastry Crust Recipes

This is a pretty exciting find from Philippine Welser’s recipe collection: 58 How you should make pastry coffins (bastetten hefen) Take half fine flour and half second flour (nach mel, flour of lesser quality), break 2 eggs into it and … Continue reading

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Crawfish Tart

My apologies, there is again only time for a short recipe today. I might as well give up hope of returning to doing them daily. From the recipe collection of Philippine Welser: 57 If you want to make a crawfish … Continue reading

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