[Sca-cooks] Tharida questions (long)
Antonia Calvo
ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Sun Nov 8 14:36:35 PST 2009
lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> Here are the recipes, as "written" by Martinelli and from Duke
> Cariadoc's website. Some of Martinelli's changes are minor, but a few...
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> Tharida with Lamb and Spinach, Moist Cheese and Butter
>
> From Martinelli, p. 38: (she resentenced and added breaks)
> This used to be made in Cordoba in the spring by the doctor Abu
> al-Hasan al-Bunani, God have mercy on him and pardon us and him.
>
> Take the meat of a fat lamb, cut it and put it in the pot with salt,
> onion juice, pepper, coriander seed, caraway and oil. Put it on the
> fire and when it has *cooked*, put in it chopped and washed spinach in
> sufficient quantity, *grated* moist cheese *[a soft, fresh cheese]*
> and butter.
>
> When it has *cooked*, take the pot off the fire and *add more* butter.
> Let there be crumbs of bread moderately leavened *[add the crumbs to
> the liquid first, then]* put your meat on it.
>
> And if he, God have mercy on him, lacked lamb meat, he would make a
> tharida of spinach, moist cheese, butter and the previously mentioned
> spices and eggs instead of meat.
>
> http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Andalusian/andalusian8.htm
>
> This used to be made in Cordoba in the spring by the doctor Abu
> al-Hasan al-Bunani, God have mercy on him and pardon us and him. Take
> the meat of a fat lamb, cut it and put it in the pot with salt, onion
> juice, pepper, coriander seed, [p. 58, recto] caraway and oil; put it
> to the fire and when it has *finished*, put in it chopped and washed
> spinach in sufficient quantity, *rubbed* moist cheese[148] and butter.
> When it has *finished*, take the pot off the fire and *moisten with*
> butter. Let there be crumbs of bread moderately leavened*, *and put
> your meat on them, and if he (God have mercy on him) lacked lamb meat,
> he would make a tharida of spinach, moist cheese, butter and the
> previously mentioned spices and eggs instead of meat.
> [148] Presumably a fresh farmer's cheese or cottage cheese. (CP)
>
Oh god, yum!
[148] I would tend to go for fresh, mild feta. As soon as I get some
lamb, that is.
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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo
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