[Sca-cooks] Chastletes - help please

[Christina Nevin]

My mental TV screen just isn't getting this one! Here's what I have so far:

ConI: FoC p.142-3  (|> = thorn)
"Chastletes. Take and make a foyle of gode past with a rollere of a foot
brode, & lynger by cumpas. Make iiii coffyns of |>e self past vppn |>e
rollere |>e gretnesse of |>e smale of |>yn arme of vi ynche dep; make |>e
gretust in |>e myddell. Fasten |>e foile in |>e mouth vpwarde, & fasten |>e
o|>ere four in euery side..."

the recipe goes on to carve battlements, cook the pastry and dictate the
fillings. My rough redaction;

"Chatletes. Take and make a leaf of good pastry with a rolling pin, a foot
broad and twice as long (?). Make four coffins of the same pastry, upon the
rolling pin, the length of a forearm and six inches deep; (are we talking
width here or thickness?) make the biggest (ie the first piece of pastry) in
the middle. Fasten the pastry leaf in the mouth upward, and fasten the other
four in every side..."

So is this shaped like a cross? (I'm guessing round isn't gonna work!)
Raised sides all 'round? Has anyone made this? It sounds too big to get in a
modern oven in one piece. Did you do it seperately?

Al Servizio Vostro, e del Sogno
Lady Lucrezia-Isabella di Freccia

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