Medieval Recipe: Swan Pie with Lombard Mustard
There was very little that went uneaten in the early middle ages, including the majestic swan, herons and cranes. They were often boiled and chopped and put into a pie. Here’s a recipe for Lumbard Mustard to serve alongside your ‘swan pie.’ Take mustard seed and waishe it & drye it in an ovene, grynde it drye. farse it thurgh a farse. clarifie hony with wyne & vynegur & stere it wel togedrer and make it thikke ynowz. & whan þou wilt spende þerof make it tnynne with wyne. Take mustard seed and wash it and dry it in an oven. Force it through a force? (probably means to grind it in a mortar). Add clarified honey, wine, vinegar and stir it well together and make it thick. When thou will spende (use it) thereof, make it thin with wine. This recipe is from The Form of Cury, a compilation of recipes from the chef at the court of King Richard the II in 1390. Lombardy, a reigion in Northern Italy was seen as ...
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