To mak pies of paris
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Introduction
This entry is a re-creation of a recipe from , entitled "To mak pies of paris". [insert a brief description of dish here, possibly including any or all of the following: characteristics of the final dish, when or how it might have been served, and why you selected it]
The Source Recipe
The original text of the recipe is as follows:
To mak pyes of pairis tak and smyt fair buttes of pork and buttes of vele and put it to gedure in a pot with freshe brothe and put ther to a quantite of wyne and boile it tille it be enoughe then put it in to a treene vesselle and put ther to raw yolks of eggs pouder of guinger sugur salt and mynced dates and raissins of corans and mak a good thyn paiste and mak coffyns and put it ther in and bak it welle and serue it.
Related Recipes
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Pies of Parys. Take and smyte faire buttes of porke and buttes of vele togidre, and put hit in a faire potte, And putte thereto faire broth, And a quantite of Wyne, And lete all boile togidre til hit be ynogh; And then take hit fro the fire, and lete kele a litel, and cast ther-to raw yolkes of eyren, and pouudre of gyngeuere, sugre and salt, and mynced dates, reysyns of corence: make then coffyns of feyre past, and do it ther-ynne, and keuere it and lete bake y-nogh. (Note: Added from D) []
Pies of Parys. Take and smyte faire buttes of porke and buttes of vele togidre, and put hit in a faire potte, And putte thereto faire broth, And a quantite of Wyne, And lete all boile togidre til hit be ynogh; And then take hit fro the fire, and lete kele a litel, and cast ther-to raw yolkes of eyren, and pouudre of gyngeuere, sugre and salt, and mynced dates, reysyns of corence: make then coffyns of feyre past, and do it ther-ynne, and keuere it and lete bake y-nogh. (Note: Added from D) []
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Materials
The original recipe calls for the following ingredients: [edit this list as appropriate]
pies
pork
veal
broth
wine
yolks
eggs
podour
ginger
sugar
salt
dates
raisins
currants
pie_crust
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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?noble:72>. Accessed on April 29, 2025, 9:30 am.
Searchable index of "". Medieval Cookery.
<http://www.medievalcookery.com/search/display.html?twofi:290>. Accessed on April 29, 2025, 9:30 am.