Tag: C17th | Orchard Notes

So, How Do You “Coddle” an Apple?

I’ve often wondered about it, but never tried it, so I turned to a historical source or two, to see if I could find out how to do it.

This C17th recipe is for two types of marmelade – white or ordinary – depending on when you add the sugar to the fruit.

Here’s a C17th windfall apple apple pie that’s spiced and iced, although the recipe is frustratingly imprecise.

This C17th version of the classic fool is thickened with butter, sugar and egg yolks rather than the usual milk or cream.

Got an old fruit tree that could do with a boost? Mr Bellingham has a suggestion, but you might not like it very much…

Here’s an idea for preserving your quince harvest, and maybe making quince flavoured cider at the same time.

If it’s a fruit-pressing technological breakthrough that you’re looking for, you need look no further.

Here’s a seventeenth century knight of the realm’s recipe for a sweet and spicy apple conserve to spread on your toast.

Here’s a quick and easy recipe for the sort of fried apple sweetmeat enjoyed in the early 17th century.

Bubonic Plague? Pleurisy? Gervase Markham has just the thing to get you back on your feet again.