Maghmûm
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Introduction
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The Source Recipe
The original text of the recipe is as follows:
Maghmûm, The Veiled Dish. Make it with a chicken or meat of a goose or young pigeons. Take what you have of this, cleaned, and place it whole in a pot, as it is, the breast split, with salt, oil, a little onion, pepper and coriander; cook it halfway, take it out and put it in another pot and pour into it the clear part of the sauce, murri naqî', saffron, lavender, some citron leaves and thyme; put into the fowl two or three striped lemons and sprinkle them with peeled, split almonds; cover the mouth of the pot with dough and place it in the oven, and leave until it is ready, and serve it: it is very nutritious and proper for moist stomachs.
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Materials
The original recipe calls for the following ingredients: [edit this list as appropriate]
chicken
goose
pigeons
seafood
salt
oil
onions
pepper
coriander
saffron
lavender
citron
thyme
lemons
nuts
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Procedure
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Bibliography
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Searchable index of "". Medieval Cookery.
<http://www.medievalcookery.com/search/display.html?anony:46>. Accessed on May 25, 2025, 4:33 am.