Galantine for Carp
French 14th C.
Goodman p. 289/26
Miscellany
Bray saffron, ginger, clove, grains of paradise, long pepper
and nutmegs, and moisten with the greasy sewe in which the carp
has been cooked, and add thereto verjuice, wine and vinegar and
let it be thickened with a little toasted bread, well brayed and
colorless (natheless strained bread maketh the best sauce) and
let it all be boiled and poured over the cooked fish, then put onto plates.
1 1/2 lb catfish or carp
5 threads saffron
1/4 t ginger
1/4 t cloves
1/8 t grains of paradise
1/4 t pepper
1/2 t nutmeg
2 T "greasy sewe" (liquid from cooking fish)
2 c tart red grapes well mashed and strained through cheese
cloth (for verjuice) (omitted)
2 t red wine (used white wine)
4 T wine vinegar (used white wine vinegar)
3 T bread crumbs
Put spices together up to greasy sewe
grill fish
put spices on fish
finish cooking
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