Erbolat (recipe)

Period Recipe

From the Forme of Cury.

ERBOLATES. XX.VIII. XII.

Take parsel, myntes, sauerey, & sauge, tansey, veruayn, clarry, rewe, ditayn, fenel, southrenwode, hewe hem & grinde hem smale, medle hem up with Ayrenn. do butter in a trape. & do þe fars þerto. & bake it & messe it forth.

Notes

• Erbolat, i.e. Herbolade, a confection of herbs.
• myntes, mint.

Modern Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 Goose eggs (approx equ 12 chicken eggs)
• 1 tsp water
• 1/2 cup chopped herbs including mint, chives, oregano, parsley, basil and marjoram

Method

1. Greased shallow glass custard dish.
2. Lightly beat eggs, add chopped herbs ad water.
3. Pour into dish and Bake at 180 C oven until solid (about 45 minutes)

Baroness Ingebjorg Ambasdottir

Notes

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