SC - saffron

[Michael Newton]

I think the issue was one of equivalency, not precedence. They are the
same thing, and while I've heard a lot of French chefs claim the French
invented Thing X when they clearly did not, I've never heard this claim
made about sabayon. The Internet, yes, zabaglione, no. ;  )

Adamantius  

Nick Sasso wrote:
> 
> Actually, unless you have reference for the 'classic French custard', it
> would appear the the Neapolitan recipe is elder, making the French one a
> variant on the 'Middle Ages/post Ren' Neapolitan classic custard.
> 
> niccolo
> 
> CBlackwill at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Zabaglione being the Italian version of a classic French custard
> > sauce...Sabayon



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