[Sca-cooks] Milk Roasted
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius1 at verizon.net
Thu May 17 15:18:12 PDT 2007
On May 17, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Elise Fleming wrote:
> Greetings! The Hampton Court cooks were trying this recipe when I was
> there and have just posted it on their web site:
>
>> Milke Rostys.
>> Take swete Mylke, an do it in a panne; take Eyroun with alle
>> þe whyte, & swenge hem, & caste þer-to; colour it with Safroun,
>> & boyle it so þat it wexe þikke; þan draw it þorw a straynoure,
>> & nym that leuyth, & presse it: & whan it is cold, larde it, &
>> schere on schevres, & roste it on a Gredelle, & serue forth.
>
> They didn't have much success with it. Has anyone on the list
> tried it?
Yep... I note that this recipe doesn't specify it, but most others
for lait larde, milk rostys, etc., tell you to bring it to a boil,
which no other true custard recipe really wants you to do. You want
curds that will separate from the whey... I wonder if perhaps they
used homogenized milk? That could be an issue, as well.
> Seems to me that they made a sort of fresh curd with it for it was
> hanging
> suspended in a cloth from at least Saturday (maybe Friday) until
> Sunday.
Ah. The recipe says to press it, generally under a weight is what
they're looking for. Probably wrapped in a canvas or linen cloth, or
some other cheesecloth, placed under a board with a stone or some
such on top. Yes, you can hang it up, or even squeeze/wring it out a
bit in the cloth, but for a really solid mass you want to press it
for several hours.
> They sliced it and tried to put it on a skewer - which didn't work
> - and
> then propped it in front of a charcoal fire which resulted a little
> better,
> but not much.
Do you think the instruction to schere it on shevres (which I would
interpret as slicing into "shivers", long thin slices like rashers of
bacon) was perhaps misinterpreted as meaning to putting it on
skewers? I mean, since you're roasting it on a griddle, which at its
most liberal might refer to a gridiron, but more likely a flat
bakestone-like surface like a pancake griddle, why would you need the
support of a skewer?
> I just wondered if any SCAdians had followed the original
> and what the results were.
Basically, imagine pan-fried bean curd, panir, or queso blanco. It
only becomes tough enough to pick up easily, without breakage, after
you get a bit of a crust formed.
HTH,
Adamantius
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