Veal Recipes

Ancient Roman Recipe of the Upper Classes.

Serves 4

Ingredients
800g – 1kg veal
pepper
liebstoeckl
cumin
celery seeds to taste
2 tablespoons honeyMany medicines in Egyptian times were based on honey including cures for sterility and impotence. Medieval seducers plied their partners with Mead, a fermented drink made from honey. Lovers on their “Honeymoon” drank mead and it was thought to “sweeten” the marriage.
2 tablespoons vinegar
100ml oil
100 ml Liquamen (or 100ml white wine + 1 teaspoon salt)
cornstarch, small amount

Definition of Liquamen: a salty fish sauce. Most of the time you can replace it by salt.
Recipe: Smell fishes (Sardines etc.) Salt. Place the fish in a pot and completely cover with the salt. Leave for 7 days until liquid.

Definition of liebstoeckl: It is an ancient spice, similar to celery. The roots of the plant were ground into a powder. It’s an umbelliferous plant with yellowish flowers. Its dried roots are used as spice.

Directions
Cook the veal for about 1½ hour until well done.
Mix together honeyMany medicines in Egyptian times were based on honey including cures for sterility and impotence. Medieval seducers plied their partners with Mead, a fermented drink made from honey. Lovers on their “Honeymoon” drank mead and it was thought to “sweeten” the marriage., vinegar, oil, liquamen and spices in an extra pan.
Boil the sauce only shortly and thicken it with cornstarch.
Then pour sauce over the veal and let boil on low heat for another 10 minutes.
Serve.

Recipe Source: An old Roman cookbook – MARCUS GAVIUS APICIUS: DE RE COQUINARIA

The book is edited and translated from Latin by Robert Maier.