Ingredients
- Mussels:
- 2 kilo mussels
- cooking liquid:
- 150 gram young leeks in small rings
- 1 decilitre each of dry white wine, passum (sweet white wine i.e. Vino Santo) and water
- 1/2 decilitre liquamen or fish sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 or 3 sprigs satureia (or 1 teaspoon dried)
- Lovage sauce:
- 1 tablespoon chopped lovage leafs
- lots of freshly ground white pepper
- 1 raw egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon white wine
- 1 teaspoon liquamen or fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 decilitre olive oil
- cumin sauce:
- 1/4 decilitre white wine vinegar
- 1/4 decilitre liquamen or fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried mint
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped lovage
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
Description
The Text Is Taken From De Re Coquinaria, Edited By Barbara Flower En Elizabeth Rosenbaum, The Roman Cookery Book. A Critical Translation Of "The Art Of Cooking" By Apicius, For Use In The Study And Kitchen. (London, 1980, Reprint From 1958).
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