[Sca-cooks] tarts vs. pies, a bit of help

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise wrote:

>
>  Actually, no. The recipe we're looking at is, I think: O MAKE A TART,
>  take four handfuls of beet-leaves, two handfuls of parsley, one
>  handful of chervil, a bit of turnip-top and two handfuls of spinach,
>  and clean them and wash them in cold water, then chop very small:

[snip]

If it is this recipe, then the French word used is "tourte".
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/menagier/menagier15.html

The ARTFL dictionaries were singularly unhelpful, and would only say 
that it's a kind of pastry.

Brighid, who ought to be making soup
-- 
Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
Robin Carroll-Mann *** rcmann4 at earthlink.net