Robert May’s 1665 Recipe for ‘Taffety Tart’
This C17th receipt calls for thin pastry, layers of apple, sugar and lemon peel;, iced over with rose-water butter-cream, and it sounds both simple and delicious.
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Robert May’s 1665 Recipe for ‘Warden or Pear Tart’
Here’s a seventeenth century recipe for a classic pear pie. Packed full of sugar and spice, it’s also rosewater-iced, which sounds nice…
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Robert May’s 1665 Recipe for ‘A Tart of Hips’
This C17th rosehip recipe sounds like an interesting way to make use of a hedgerow staple without resorting to cough syrup.
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Robert May’s 1665 Recipe for a ‘Tart of Medlers’
Wondering what to do with your medlars once they start dropping from the tree? Here’s a C17th recipe that might come in useful.
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Robert May’s 1665 Recipe for a ‘Quodling Pie’
Here’s a C17th windfall apple apple pie that’s spiced and iced, although the recipe is frustratingly imprecise.