Peers in Confyt
Take peeres and pare hem clene. take gode rede wyne & mulberes ožer saundres and seež že peeres žerin & whan žei buth ysode, take hem up, make a syryp of wyne greke. ožer vernage with blaunche powdour ožer white sugur and powdour gyngur & do the peres žerin. seež it a lytel & messe it forth.
Modern Translation: Take pears and pare them clean. Take good red wine and mulberries or saunders (both being for red food colour) and cook them in this and when they are cooked enough, take them out. Make a syrup of Greek wine or Vernage (possibly a sweet Italian wine) with white powder (a sweet powder with ginger) or white sugar and powdered ginger and put the pears in this. Cook it a little while and serve it forth.
From The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Forme of Cury (by Samuel Pegge)
original text from about A.D. 1390
(my own translation)
Peers in Confyt:
Method:
- Peel your pears
- Combine red wine and mulberries (or saunders, you could use red food colouring)... have enough wine to cover your pears.
- When the pears are tender, remove them from the liquid
- In another pot, combine sweet wine, some sugar, ginger and with some nutmeg (or mace) if you like. Cook this until it forms a syrup (becomes a bit thicker and it should most likely be sweet)
- Add the cooked pears to the liquid and cook it a little longer
- serve it forth, most likely along with the syrup
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