by Anonymous on Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:28 am
Salvete,
Well I'll admit i have a passion for the culinary arts, and have dabbled in Roman cuisine a bit. hope people find this appealing:
Ham in Pastry:
1 - 1.5 kg boned ham
225 g dried figs
3 bay leaves
3 tbsp honey
3 1/2 cups flour
olive oil (sufficient for moist pastry)
1 Tbsp salt
Boil the ham in water containing the dried figs and bay leaves. Whin it is done (approximately 2 hours cooking time), remove the skin, score the ham in a crosshatched pattern, and spread it with honey.
Make a sheet of pastry from the flour oil and salt. Wrap the ham in it, and bake oven at 400F for about 30 min. when pastry is cooked, removed form the oven and serve.
serves 4
recipee courtessy of Apicius
Valete
-Marcus Antonius Falco