[Sca-cooks] Re: Marzipan

[Anne duBosc]

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Vicente, you are a doll!  Thank you sooooo much.
Mordonna
 Vincent Cuenca <bootkiller at hotmail.com> wrote:CAPITOL .XXVIIJ.e PER FER MERSEPA
Per fer mersepa, tu pendras les ametles e escaldar les as, e perrades rentar
les as. E con sien rentades estendras les ab un drap sobre un guarbell e
possar les as a l ayre ben .iij. o .iiij. jorns fins que sien ben axutes. E
apres pendras les de poc en poch ab un morter e picar les as, he muleras lo
box ab un poc d aygua ros per tant que no fassa oli, e, com sera ben picat
tot, en .j.a llr. de metles metras .j.a llr. de sucre. E tornar ho has picar
he mesclar, e, com sera picat, aureu neules de sucre he matreu de aquella
pasta de sobre les dites neules en grux de mig dit, en forme que les dites
neules sien cubertes. E apres aureu sucre ben molt he salguar le n ets
demunt, e apres aureu unes leres o grexoneres ben netes e fregades he metreu
les dedins, e portar les heu al forn he coguen un xich.

Chapter Twenty-Eight To Make Marzipans

To make marzipan, you take the almonds and scald them, and once they are
peeled wash them. And when they are washed spread them out on a cloth over
a strainer and expose them to the air for three or four days until they are
very dry. And afterwards take them little by little and grind them in a
mortar, and moisten the pestle with a little rose water so that they do not
produce oil, and when they are all ground, for every pound of almonds add a
pound of sugar. And grind and mix it again, and, when it is all ground,
have some sugar wafers ready, put the paste on top of the wafers with a
cross in the middle, in such a way that the wafers are covered. And
afterward take well ground sugar and sprinkle it over the top, and then have
ready some flat stones or roasting pans, very clean and well scrubbed and
put them in, and take them to the fire to cook for a bit.


Speaking of Master Thomas Longshanks, has anyone heard from him lately?
I've sent him a couple of messages and gotten no response.

Vicente



Lady Anne du Bosc
Known as Mordonna The Cook
Atenveldt, Atenveldt
mundanely Pat Griffin
Phoenix, AZ


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