SC - Fw: collegium spiced pears

[Louise Sugar]

thought you would enjoy these  :)



- -----Original Message-----
From: "Pat McGregor" <pat at lloyd.com> by way of Pat McGregor <pat at lloyd.com>
To: SCA-WEST at galaxy.csuchico.edu <SCA-WEST at galaxy.csuchico.edu>
Date: Wednesday, November 26, 1997 5:25 PM
Subject: collegium spiced pears


>Several people have written in the last couple of days asking for this
>recipe in time for Thanksgiving.... so I'm broadcasting it a tad
>bit wider...
>
>>My lady was after the recipe for the pears that, as I recall, were just
>>by theselves in I believe some red liquid(?).  I distictly recall her
>>saying "these are really good" and she keeps refering to them as "spiced".
>>Does this help?  Sorry my lady is at work. :)  Any help appreciated.
>>
>got it! THey're called Bullace or Bullyce: Pears in Plum sauce.
>
>This is from "Take a Thousand Eggs or More" by Cindy Renfrew;
>the recipe is originally from  "Two fifteenth century cookery bokes".
>
>Bolas/Bullace/Bullyce
>
>1/2 lb red plums, washed and pitted
>1 cup red wine or burgundy
>1 tsp rice flour
>1 ripe, firm pear, halved and cored
>3 dates, pitted and halved lengthwise
>2 Tablespoons sugar
>1 tsp ginger powder
>1/8 tsp clove
>1/2 tsp mace
>1 tsp. cinnamon
>
>Put plums and 1/2 cup read wine in a covered pot. Boil; cook until the
plums
>turn to pulp. Remove from heat. Strain the wine and plums through a
strainer
>into a pot. Add rice flour and stir. Re-heat, stirring steadily until the
>mixture thickens slightly. Add spices and stirr until the mixture is as
>thick as liquid jelly. Remove from heat, pour into a shallow dish and set
>aside.
>
>Cook the pear in 1/2 cup red wine until it is fork tender. remove, drain,
>slice into six slices. Arrange on the dish with the plum sauce.
>
>Take the six date pieces, sprinkle with White powder, and arrange with
>the sauce and pears. Serve Cold.
>
>White Powder (according to Renfrew; each cook made up her/his own.)
>
>2 tsp cinnamon powder
>1 tsp ginger powder
>1 tsp nutmeg powder
>2 tsp sugar.
>
>Mix, store in an airtight container.
>
>
>Enjoy!
>
>  pat/siobhan
>======================================================
>Siobhan Medhbh O'Roarke / Pat McGregor/ siobhan at lloyd.com
>       House Northmark, Cynagua, The West
>   http://www.lloyd.com/~patmcg/sca.index.html

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