Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 28, 2014

Saffron Paste

IMG_9098-001  When the saffron paste (pastry) made with egg yolks, sugar, rose-water and water was attempted to be rolled on a lightly floured surface, it was sticky but more flour would reduce the yellow hue.  I chose to use my hands to flatten and make the paste fit the baking dish.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 27, 2014

A Yellow Paste

IMG_9097    The fine paste for the receipt (recipe) for To make a made dish of Curds was yellow in color after the ingredients of flour, yolks of egs, rose-water, & other water, sugar, saffron, and butter were wrought up cold.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 25, 2014

Yolks of Egs

IMG_9096-001   In addition to saffron and sweet butter, the fine paste for the receipt (recipe) To make a made dish of Curds included yolks of egs, rose-water, & other water.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 24, 2014

Saffron for the Paste

IMG_9095-001  The fine paste (pastry crust) for the receipt (recipe) To make a made dish of Curds, contains saffron.  The dried stigmas of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus) have to be harvested by hand and and were (and are) a very expensive spice, flavoring agent and yellow food color.  For the paste, the a few stigmas were infused in hot water and then strained through a linen cloth.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 23, 2014

A Fine Paste

IMG_9091-001  The paste (pastry crust) for the receipt (recipe) To make a made dish of Curds starts as most in the spring with flour and good sweet fresh butter.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 22, 2014

Put to the Curds

IMG_9110-001   The ingredients that were put to them (the curds) in the receipt (recipe) for To make a Made Dish of Curds included two raw eggs, currans, sweet butter, rose-water, cinnamon and sugar.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 21, 2014

Wring the Whey

IMG_9102-001 After the curd was set with rennet, cut and heated in the whey, the receipt (recipe) for To make a made dish of Curds directs to wring the whey from them very well.   The whey is to the left of the picture.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 20, 2014

Tender Curds

IMG_9100-001  The receipt (recipe) for To make a made dish of Curds starts with the words: Take some tender curd.  The first step is to heat milk until it is blood warm and add rennet from the stomach of a calf.  The tender curd is being cut and the liquid is the whey.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 19, 2014

Cinamon Toasts

IMG_9043-001  After the fine thin toasts were infused with a mixture of fine beaten cinnamon, sugar and claret, they were warmed over a fire and served hot.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | May 18, 2014

Lay them in Ranks

IMG_9040-001  After the thin toasts were removed from the gridiron, the receipt (recipe) for Cinamon Toasts read and lay them in ranks in a dish.  I placed them from largest to smallest in the dish and have the mixture of fine beaten cinamon mixed with sugar and some claret ready in the pewter porringer.

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