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What Did Richard III Eat? Mediaeval Recipes (2) – Figs in a Coffin

Jul 3, 2025

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Here is the second in a proposed series of mediaeval recipes. Figs in a coffin means a pastry filled with figs! Ingredients Royal pastry: 4 cups (500g) of pastry flour 1 teaspoon (3g) of salt 1 1/2 cups (345g) of butter 4 egg yolks, beaten 2-4 tablespoons (30-60 ml) of cold water Fig Filling: 8…
I’ll Have What She’s Having: A Medieval Christmas Tasting Menu

Dec 22, 2018

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Alice Toklas, apples, beef, chicory, Christmas, Clarissa Dickson-Wright, Elizabeth David, Food, Gingerbread, ham, Jane Grigson, Lammas, mince pies, mincemeat, mulled wine, New Orleans, pastrami, pastry, Richard II, Richard III, salads, seasoning, spices, The Form of Cury, wassailing

“Let us consider some of our genuine English culinary assets. Among the best of them are our cured and salted meats. Hams, gammons, salt silversides…” So begins one of Elizabeth David’s chapters in “Spices, Salts and Aromatics in The English Kitchen,” a charming book that takes us through centuries of English cookery with its yin…