Young Chicken with raisins
Young Chicken with raisins from http://www.coquinaria.nl/kooktekst/Edelikespijse1.htm – Good and noble food, english translation of Wel ende edelike spijse Hoofdstuk, a Dutch manuscript circa 1500.
1.1.      Young chickens with raisins (?) in the summer.
Broil them in a pot in pieces (?). When they are halfway done, add enough wine and some water, and add raisins, pig fat and enough egg yolks.
ALESIA’S VERSION
10 pieces of chicken
1 cup white wine
½ cup of water
½ cup raisins
¼ cup of bacon broken to bits
2 hard cooked egg yolkes
Brown the bacon until crisp and set a side. In the bacon grease, brown the chicken. Take out the chicken and degrease the pan or start a clean pan. Add the chicken to the clean pan with ½ cup of wine and ½ cup of water and cover allowing it to simmer for ½ hour. Then add another ½ cup of wine, raisins and bacon, allow to simmer another ½ hour. Remove the chicken and keep warm. Add mashed hard boiled egg yolks to the bottom of the pan and simmer gently until thickens. Pour over the chicken and serve.
HELOISE’S VERSION
Coming soon.