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A Pie fit for a King - Recipe from the Royal Kitchens

Do you make fruit mince pies for Christmas? Once upon a time the English mince pie, generally known as Christmas Pye, was a big dish stuffed with various meats.

As Knights returned from the Medieval Crusades with spices, these exotic flavours have been progressively added to pies until over time the meat was totally replaced.

Here's a lovely recipe for a tasty fruit pie called " Ryschewys shut and fryez", mince pies fit for the King. Are these pies arduous to make? Not in any respect, no must decipher the language, it is already been executed. The Ryschewys is the pasta parcel crammed with a spiced fruit and nut paste, to "shut and fry" tells you what to do with them.

Skipton Castle

What kind of name is that for a pie?

Ryschewys close and fryez? It would not even sound like English!

There was still lots of old French being spoken in Tudor times. Then we can seal and fry it. I consider ryschewys was originally quelque chose, so let's make 'one thing'.

The unique Recipes

It's fairly hard to seek out a replica of Proper Newe Booke of Cokerye (declarynge what maner of meates be beste in season, for al occasions within the yere, and the way they ought to be dressed, and serued on the table, bothe for fleshe dayes, and fyshe dayes,), but numerous the recipes are also in Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery and Booke of Sweetmeats.

Martha didn't write these recipes, this ebook is made up of two culinary manuscripts of Tudor-Jacobean (recipes dated about 1580-1625) which she passed down to her granddaughter.

But here is the mince pye recipe

Mince Pye with Meat

To make Pyes - Pyes of mutton or beif have to be fyne mynced and ceasoned wyth pepper and salte, and a lyttle saffron to coloure it, suet or marrow an excellent quantite, a lyttle vyneger, prumes, greate raysins and dates, take the fattest of the broathe of powdred beyfe, and yf you wyll have paest royall, take butter and yolkes of egges and so tempre the flowre to make the paeste.

You would make this pie with wealthy shortcrust pastry in your kitchen immediately. But we'll make little fruit pies..

The Tudor Kitchen

Tudor Kitchens at Hampton Court Palace

For the Ryschewys filling

That is the closest I can get to the video demonstration

3 - 4 dried chopped figs

3 - 4 dried chopped dates

1 tablespoon black currants

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 teaspoon mace

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

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For the Pastry

100 g plain all objective flour

1 tablespoon white sugar

Pinch of saffron dissolved in 1/three cup water

Pound the figs in a mortar. Add the dates and currants, pound.

Slice, chop and finely grind the spices

Add spices to the fruit. Combine

Make the pastry and roll out very tremendous. Cut out small circles

Add a really small amount of the filling to the pastry circles. Fold over to kind a small pocket like a ravioli pasta packet

Dampen the edges of the pastry with water and shut

Gently shallow fry in a gentle vegetable oil till golden brown - about 2 minutes

Serve sizzling, dusted with sugar

Watch the Video

Have mates round for a Medieval Party

Tudor Cooking from the Royal Kitchen

All of the King's Cooks: The Tudor Kitchens of King Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace

I've pre-ordered my copy of All of the King's Cooks. Apart from my fascination with the palace kitchens, I would like the recipes drawn from contemporary sources

How do you are feeling about Medieval Recipes?

Would you like to attempt some Tudor Mince Pies?

Sure! So long as they're cooked beneath trendy hygenic situations

Sure! So long as someone else cooks them

Um, unsure. I don't assume I'd like them

No method!

Nancy Tate Hellams

6 years in the past from Pendleton, SC

Enjoyed studying more about Mince Pie. I don't suppose I've ever tried it however this outdated recipe does sound very fascinating.

Evelyn Saenz

6 years in the past from Royalton

Thanks for the historical past and attention-grabbing recipe. I can hardly wait to try this Medieval Minced Meat Pie Recipe. I recently realized from some British visitors to my mattress and breakfast that Minced Meat Pies are considered English and are made tiny.

moonlitta

Food throughout centuries and across continents- resourceful as always, Susanna!

Lorelei Cohen

6 years ago from Canada

You always train me a thing or two. I had no concept that mince meat pie was initially product of meats. Another little dab of trivia to add to my already growing library of information that will at some point are available handy lol. Have a great week.

Virginia Allain

6 years ago from Central Florida

Wow, history and meals combined... I like the concept.

Old wine in a new bottle! ? Fine wine and nice recipes are a treat any time! :) Cheers to the cook!

AJ

Blessings for one more interesting recipe.

SandyPeaks

When's the feast? Blessed by a SquidAngel.

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