Tag Archives: 16th century

Moulded Marzipan Chanterelles

Posted on 11 May 2025 by carlton_bach

A playful dish from Staindl’s 1547 Künstlichs und Nutzlichs Kochbuch: Chanterelles made from Almonds x) Take ground almond as you grind it in a grinding bowl (reyb scherben) and mix it with sugar and rosewater so that it becomes quite … Continue reading →

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Coloured Rice Pudding in Almond Milk

Posted on 9 May 2025 by carlton_bach

As promised, here is the first recipe from my next project, the 1547 Kuenstlichs und Nutzlichs Kochbuch by Balthasar Staindl. It is fairly conventional: Gerendte Milk Take rice and pound it fine, strain it through a sieve, then take almond … Continue reading →

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More Blanc Manger

Posted on 1 March 2025 by carlton_bach

If there is one dish no medieval recipe collection can be without, it seems to be blanc manger, chicken breast cooked with almond milk and rice. The Dorotheenkloster MS has three such recipes: 126 A courtly gmüs of old chickens … Continue reading →

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Spicy Noodles

Posted on 11 February 2025 by carlton_bach

It is not often that we come across savoury vegetarian dishes in medieval or Renaissance collections. This is one of the most interesting, and I am departing from the Dorotheenkloster MS to honour a vegetarian friend’s birthday with it. From … Continue reading →

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Possibly Semmelknödel

Posted on 9 February 2025 by carlton_bach

Here’s a tantalising opportunity to interpret on very thin ice. The Dorotheenkloster MS includes a brief recipe for – something: 113 A plain (slechtz) dish Take good broth, saffron, sage, and vinegar that is moderately sour and let it boil … Continue reading →

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Honeyed Pear Puree

Posted on 1 February 2025 by carlton_bach

Today’s recipe is not very interesting culinary terms, but for technique. From the Dorotheenkloster MS: 78 A müs of pears Take a clean, dry pot and put pears in it. Remove the stems and the flowers (the remnants of the … Continue reading →

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Testing the Sloe Mustard

Posted on 13 January 2025 by carlton_bach

To make up for my longer absence over the weekend, here is a second post. Last autumn, I collected sloes to try out a few recipes. One of them was for a mustard from the Oeconomia ruralis et domestica: However, … Continue reading →

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Of Rotkohl

Posted on 1 January 2025 by carlton_bach

The taste of winter in Germany is deep, rich purple. Few of the heavy, meaty dishes that mark festivities in the darkest time of the year come without Rotkohl. Stewed slowly and usually preserved in glass jars, it can now … Continue reading →

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Another Blanc Manger

Posted on 30 November 2024 by carlton_bach

This is the final recipe from Philippine Welser’s collection. I must ask your patience – the full translation will go up sometime in December, I hope. 246 To make a white mues or bla manschy First take rice and wash … Continue reading →

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A Chard Tart in March

Posted on 27 November 2024 by carlton_bach

This is the penultimate recipe in the collection of Philippine Welser, a variation on a very common theme of ‘green tart‘ and a reminder that all food was seasonal: 245 To make a tart of greens (Kraut Turten) of very … Continue reading →

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