[Sca-cooks] Unexpected bounty has me in a quandry--Help....

[Olwen the Odd]

I used dried reconstituted figs when I made this.  Just soak the figs for a
short time in wine or water.
Olwen

>Hmm....that does sound good.  I wonder if it'd work with dried figs--we
>can't get the fresh ones here (well, at least, I've never seen them).
>--Maire
>
>phoenissa at netscape.net wrote:
> >
> > I tried this for the first time last weekend, and it was fabulous!
> >
> > Platina (De Honesta etc.), Book VII, recipe 32
> > Broad beans in the frying pan
> > In a frying pan well greased with fat or oil, fry broad beans which are
>cooked and softened with onions, figs, sage, and several other garden
>herbs, and put on a plank or disc spread in the form of a cake, and cover
>with spices.
> >
> > I didn't add other herbs, and the spices I used were salt, pepper,
>cinnamon, and ginger (not very creative, I know); I also made it in really
>small quantities, about a cup of beans to half an onion, 3 small green
>figs, and about 10-12 sage leaves (chopped small).  It was really good :-)
> >
> > Vittoria
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