[Sca-cooks] Fried Oranges
lilinah at earthlink.net
lilinah at earthlink.net
Sat Jul 17 13:17:53 PDT 2004
OK, i found this recipe on a website with recipes for a feast held in
memory of Marion Zimmer Bradley, known in the SCA as Mistress Elfrida
of Greenwalls.
http://www.nmia.com/~ariann/mzbfeast.htm
The posters (who were on this list at one time, IIRC) got it from
Fabulous Feasts, one which i do not own and which i've heard is a
questionable source. Does anyone have any idea what actually period
recipe this is based on, if any?
Anahita
<http://www.nmia.com/~ariann/mzbrecipes.htm>
Fried Valencia Oranges
Posted by Brian L. Rygg or Laura Barbee-Rygg (rygbee at montana.com).
Found it in Fabulous Feasts- Medieval Cookery and Ceremony by
Madeleine Pelner Cosman ISBN 0-8076-0832-7. No documentation, but
very tasty.
4 large seedless eating oranges
4 Tbl brown sugar
1/8 tsp nutmeg
l/8 tsp mace
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 C flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3 Tbl brown sugar
1 C oil for sauteing
1 raw egg
1/2 scant C milk
Garnish
4 Tbl mustard
4 Tbl brown sugar
Carefully peel the Oranges and Separate the sections. Strew on mixed
sugar, nutmeg, mace, and cinnamon. Prepare a thick batter by uniting
the flour, baking powder, salt, and brown sugar. Blend 2 Tbl of
oil,the egg, well beaten, and the milk. Thoroughly stir this liquid
into the dry mixture. If the batter is thin, add a scant amount more
of flour. If it is too thick to evenly coat the orange sections, then
dilute with more milk. Chill batter for 1-1/2 hours. Heat the
remaining oil in a heavy skillet until hot, not smoking. Dip orange
sections in batter to coat thoroughly. Drop into hot oil and fry
until nicely browned. Serve warm with mustard and brown sugar in
Separate spice dishes.
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