Blank Desire (recipe)

Period Recipe

From the Forme of Cury.

FOR TO MAKE BLANK DESNE. XX.IX. XIII.

Take Brawn of Hennes or of Capouns ysoden withoute �e skyn. & hewe hem as smale as �ou may. & grinde hem in a morter. after take gode mylke of Almandes & put �e brawn �erin. & stere it wel togyder & do hem to see�. & take flour of Rys & amydoun & alay it. so �at it be chargeant. & do �erto sugur a gode party. & a party of white grece. and when it is put in disshes strewe uppon it blaunche powdour, and �enne put in blank desire and mawmenye in disshes togider. And serue forth.

Notes

• blank "Desne" . Desire, Contents; rect�. V. Gloss. The Recipe in MS. Ed. 29 is much the same with this.
• Mawmenye. See No. 194.

Modern Recipe

Take boiled white meat of capons or of chickens without the skins and chop into small pieces and grind in a mortar. Take good almond milk and add the meat to it, and stir it well together and set it to simmer, and take Rice Flour and Amydoun and mix it in so that it will be thick, and add a good bit of sugar, & a piece of white grease. And when it is plated, sprinkle it with Blanche Powder, and then put blank desire and Mawmenee together in the dishes, and serve forth.

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Notes

The historical version of this recipe was taken from the Project Gutenberg e-text of the Forme of Cury.

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