Giles Rose’s 1682 Recipe for ‘A Melon Tart in Slices’
Tired of the same old slice-and-scoff melon eating method? Looking for something a little different? Giles Rose has a C17th suggestion.
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A Late-C14th Recipe for ‘Tart de Brymlent’
Here’s a recipe from the Fourme of Cury, for a pie with a filling that might sound a little unusual to modern culinary sensibilities.
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J. Williams’ (?) 1767 Recipe for ‘Cherry Pye’
This eighteenth century pie recipe is short on detail but sounds like it should be full of fruity flavour.
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John Murrell’s 1630 Recipe for ‘A Quince or Warden Pie’
Here’s another rather tasty-sounding, seventeenth century pear pie recipe to add to the steadily growing collection.
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Susanna MacIver’s 1784 Recipe for ‘An Apple Pie, with Potatoes’
This C18th recipe might sound odd at first, but I think it could be very tasty indeed.
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Gervase Markham’s 1623 Recipe for ‘A Warden Pie or Quince Pie’
Cooking pears and quinces should be in season round about now and here’s an idea for how to put them to delicious use.
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Mrs Eales(?) on Making a Welch Apple Pye
This eighteenth century recipe calls for pippins, dried fruit, sugar, eggs and plenty of booze.