SC - Pears in Wine Sauce questions....

[Bronwynmgn at aol.com]

In a message dated 97-07-28 18:09:50 EDT, you write:

<< Two questions regarding Pears in Wine Sauce - 
 
 1) I've been served this SO many times at feasts.  Is it documentable?
  >>

There is a Pears in Wine Syrup recipe in _Traveling Dysshes_.  The recipe in
question is taken from Harleian MS 279.10, Fifteenth Century England and
France.

I believe that this is part of _Two Fifteenth Century Cookery Books_.  So at
least one recipe for Pears served in a wine syrup or sauce is documentable to
the fifteenth century.
By the way, in this book (Traveling Dysshes) there is a variation using
canned pears.  This eliminates having to poach the pears.  But you still have
to keep the syrup on the stove for a while to simmer it down.
Brangwayna Morgan
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