A Feast with Italian Accents
Presented by: Lady Caitlin of Enniskillen and fra niccolo difrancesco

First Course: Table Preset
* Fresh Baked Bread with
both plain and herbed Butters
* Pasties of Venison and
Beef (small meat pies)
* Dried Fruit Rissoles
(deep-fried fruit fritters)
Second Course:
* Spit-Roasted Lamb and
Pork with Mustard and Pomegranate Sauces
* Fennel and Leeks with
Saffron
* Lasagne (Handmade leavened
pasta with cheeses and spices)
* Pies of Whole Pears
~ High Table Highlights and Populace
tidbits:
* Small Bird without Bones
(small game birds cooked whole with reduced bones)
* Marzipan Tart
Third Course:
* Stewed Capon (Chicken)
with Currant Sauce
* Pumpes (Meatballs of
pork and beef) with Cameline Sauce
(Vegetarian Substitute: Marinated Mushrooms)
* A Summer Compote of Pears
(Cooked and Marinated root vegetables and pears served cold)
* Darioles (flathonys)
~ High Table Highlights and Populace
tidbits:
* Spit Roasted Hare with
Pan sauce or Dried Plum Sauce
Fourth Course:
* Marinated Fish (A white
fish fillet marinated in Homemade Malt Vinegar and baked with herbs)
* A Spelt Tort (A
Savory cheese pie with spelt grains)
* A Venison Frumenty
* Candied Orange peels
with candied nuts and spices
~ High Table Highlights and Populace
tidbits:
* Trout in Aspic
* Venison Roast
Notes:
1.) Items listed as “High Table Highlights
and Populace Tidbits” will be served to the high table with small amounts
prepared for serving to the populace should gentles wish to taste these
items. They will not be cooked in quantity, but there should be sufficient
amounts for sampling by interested parties. We realize some Medieval and
Renaissance foods seem strange to modern tastes, yet we wish to provide
opportunity for those with a more adventurous palate to have a chance to
sample some of the “less ordinary” items found in Medieval and Renaissance
Cookery.
2.) All sauces will be served on the side
3.) Vegetarian Substitutes for some items are
indicated and were served to those who pre-reserved with the Head Cook
(caitlin_ennis@yahoo.com) for a vegetarian feast. The pre-reservation
was necessary so that proper amounts of substitutions could be cooked and
sufficient amounts of the other vegetable dishes could be cooked without
any of the meat fats.