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Conchicla de Pisa Simplici

A historical recipe from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome, by Apicius.

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A historical recipe

Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome, by Apicius. Project Gutenberg eBook #29728.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. A BUNCH OF LEEKS

Method

  1. COOK THE PEAS [in the pods] WHEN SKIMMED ADD A BUNCH OF LEEKS AND GREEN CORIANDER.
  2. WHILE BEING COOKED CRUSH PEPPER, LOVAGE, ORIGANY, AND [the above] BUNCH [of herbs] MOISTEN WITH ITS OWN JUICE, WINE ENOUGH TO SUIT YOUR TASTE, THEN ADD OIL AND FINISH ON A SLOW FIRE .
  3. Thus G.-V.;
  4. Tor.
  5. Concicla Pisorum.
  6. Sch.
  7. feniculum instead of fasciculum.
  8. G.-V.
  9. de suo sibi fricabis;
  10. Tor.
  11. seorsim f.
  12. G.-V.
  13. wine wanting in Tor.
  14. Brandt, referring to {Rx} No.
  15. 154, suggests that the things crushed in a mortar be placed on top of the peas.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Mortar and pestle
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome, by Apicius. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #29728 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29728). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.