Select a Veal recipe from history from the list below:
veal recipes from history
- Buknade – veal and eggs
- Crustade – a pie of Veal, herbs, dates, and egg
- In Vitulinam Elixam – Boiled Veal
- Pulpam Romanam – Spitted and roasted veal with spices
- Sausage of veal, garlic, herbs, & spices
- Sturgyn – veal dish which resembles a sturgeon
- Tartletes – Veal & fruit pie
- Veal “Birds” with sauce
- Veal meatballs in head lettuce
- Veal with Almond Curd Sauce
- Vitellina Fricta – Fried Veal
Tartletes – Veal & fruit pie
Recipe source : England, 14th century – Forme of Cury Ingredients Veal, boiled until fully cooked, and then ground. (Be sure to save the broth.) hard-boiled Eggs, diced whole pitted prunes dates pine nutsZinc is a key mineral necessary to maintain male potency and pine nuts are rich in zinc. Pine nuts have been used [...]
Pulpam Romanam – Spitted and roasted veal with spices
serves 8 Ingredients ¼ cup olive oil ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon dried corianderThe book of The Arabian nights tells a tale of a merchant who had been childless for 40 years and but was cured by a concoction that included coriander. That book is over 1000 years old so the history of coriander as [...]
Crustade – a pie of Veal, herbs, dates, and egg
Original recipe from Harleian MS. 279 Vyaunde Furnez: Ingredients 1½ – 2 lbs. stewing veal, with bones, cut into ca. 2″ pieces 2 cups white wine ½ teaspoon salt water to cover (about 2-3 cups) 1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsely 1 teaspoon dried savory ½ teaspoon dried sage ½ teaspoon dried hyssop 1teaspoon crushed Ceylonese [...]
Buknade – veal and eggs
Original recipe from 1500 London – A noble boke of festes ryalle and Cokery. London: Richard Pynson, 1500. Ingredients Veal, minced or chopped in small pieces onions, minced pepper cloves cinnamon egg yolks saffron salt Directions Mince or chop the veal; place in a large soup pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil. [...]
Vitellina Fricta – Fried Veal
Ancient Roman recipe of the upper classes. Serves 4-6 Ingredients 800g – 1kg veal 300g dried raisins (sultanas) 1 tablespoon 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 [...]
In Vitulinam Elixam – Boiled Veal
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” [...]
Veal with Almond Curd Sauce
serves 8 Ingredients 2 lbs veal leg 1kg ¼ cup roasted almonds 1½ teaspoons cumin seed 1½ teaspoons corianderThe book of The Arabian nights tells a tale of a merchant who had been childless for 40 years and but was cured by a concoction that included coriander. That book is over 1000 years old so [...]
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Sturgyn – veal dish which resembles a sturgeon
14th century English Dish — strange but very tasty. Ingredients 4 veal shanks, cleaned 2 calf’s feet, split water to cover ½ cup honeyMany medicines in Egyptian times were based on 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. including cures for sterility and impotence. Medieval seducers plied their partners with Mead, a fermented drink made from 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.. Lovers on their “Honeymoon” [...]