This is an excerpt from Wel ende edelike spijse
(Dutch, late 15th c. - Christianne Muusers, trans.)
The original source can be found at
Christianne Muusers's website
To make pastry of pike, cod, bass. Take the afore mentioned fish. Take figs and saffron, bray it in a mortarwhile adding the fish, one to another. Sprinkle witk good spices and add salt to it to taste.