Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 10, 2014

Floating Manchet

IMG_9560-001   The bottom of a manchet is floating in the beer with some mace in the hemispherical kettle waiting for the beer to boil in the preparation of the receipt (recipe) for To make an Alebury.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 8, 2014

Bottom of Manchet

IMG_9559-001  A green glazed bowl of blades of mace and the bottom cut off from a manchet (bread from the whitest wheat flour)  are readied to add to the  boiled, scummed beer for the receipt (recipe) To make an Alebury.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 7, 2014

Scum It

IMG_9556-001  The boiled beer in the hemispherical kettle was first boiled producing a thick scum which the receipt (recipe) To make an Alebury directs to scum it.  The scum was removed with the copper skimmer now in the redware bowl with the removed scum.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 5, 2014

Boiling Beer

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To make a 17th century beverage called Alebury, the receipt (recipe) directs to boil beer or ale.  The beer is boiling and producing scum in this reproduction hemispherical kettle.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 2, 2014

Wow! Creamed Tartlets

IMG_9183-001   The baked  Creamed Tartlets were baked in a gentle oven until lightly browned.  If you have never tasted and experienced green gage plums, the taste is absolutely wonderful and very difficult to describe.  Just a large spoonful of strained green gage plums in each provided a taste experience that wowed.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | June 30, 2014

Tartlets Baking

IMG_9179-001  The Creamed Tartlets with a layer of strained green gage plum preserves, a layer of Rich Boiled Custard and iced with whisked egg whites and sugar have been placed in a bake kettle to be coaled to produce a gentle oven.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | June 27, 2014

Lay This Icing

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After the layer of green gage plums and Rich Boiled Custard, the directions for the receipt (recipe) Creamed Tartlets state to Whisk the whites of a couple of eggs to a solid froth, mix a couple of tablespoonfuls of sifted sugar with them, lay this icing lightly over the tartlets.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | June 26, 2014

Rich Boiled Custard

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For the receipt (recipe) Creamed Tartlets, after a layer of green gage plums has been put into the fine paste, on this pour some thick boiled custard.  For the custard, the receipt Rich Boiled Custard was prepared.  Take a small cupful from a quart of fresh cream, and simmer the remainder for a few minutes with four ounces of sugar and the rind of a lemon.  Beat the yolks of eight eggs, mix them with the cupful of cream, and stir the rest boiling to them:  thicken the custard in a deep jug set over the fire in a pan of boiling water.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | June 25, 2014

Line Some Pattypans

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For the receipt (recipe) Creamed Tartlets, the directions start with line some pattypans with very fine paste, and put into each a layer of strained preserved green gage plums.

 

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | June 23, 2014

Lamb Cutlets with Asparagus Sauce

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The Lamb Cutlets, dipped in bread-crumbs, clarified butter, and again into bread-crumbs were served with Asparagus Sauce, for Lamb Cutlets.  The sauce receipt (recipe) cautions that the asparagus will become yellow if left long in the sauce before it is served.

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