Pear Custard

An Apician Feast, Recipes from Imperial Rome
Prepared by Cristiana inghen Mec-Bead
Served at MAYDAY event in Ruantallan
May 2005

Patina de piris: pira elixa et purgata e medio teres cum pipere, cumino, melle, passo, liquamine, oleo modico. Ovis missis patinam facies, piper super aspargis et infers.

A pear patina: Grind boiled and cored pears with pepper, cumin, honey, passum, liquamen, and a bit of oil. When the eggs have been added, make a patina, sprinkle pepper over, and serve.

2lb canned pears
¼ tsp pepper
1/8 tsp cumin
2 tbsp honey
1 ½ tbsp vegetable broth
1 ½ tsp olive oil
3 eggs

1. food process all ingredients (except pepper) till smooth
2. pour into pie pan
3. sprinkle with pepper
Cook at 350F for 45 minutes and serve.

Now, I am not a huge fan of custards, but this was amazing. For the test feast we served the custards in individual dishes and added a pit of brown sugar to the top and bruilled the top. For this feast we are going to make a small shortbread crust and then place the custard on top with the top bruilled.

Serves 6 to 8

Shortbread

Estela's Recipe

1cup butter
½ cup sugar
2 cups flour

Mix well together with hands, divide into three. Press into bottom and a little up the sides of spring-form pans. Bake for 15 minutes at 400F, or until slightly golden. Pour in filling and bake again as per filling reciepe

This is also Estela’s shortbread cookie reciepe. To make cookies, roll out to ¼” thick, cut with a floured cookie cutter, bake on ungreased sheet until just before they turn golden.

Makes three 7”crusts

 

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