Dr Monk cooks up a mini royal wedding feast.
Author Archives: Christopher Monk
Premium Content: Fylettes in Galyntyne & Rost Partryche with Gyngyuer
Dr Monk takes you through his cooking of pork slices with galentine sauce and roast partridge with ginger sauce, all of which is eaten with Vyand Ryal, a spiced rice flour dish.
‘Take Greek wine or Rhenish wine with honey’: an oenological journey
Medieval wines can be difficult to categorise. Dr Monk takes a close look at two wines that appear in the recicpe ‘Royal Dish’.
Premium Content: The six colours of Let Lardes
New YouTube video: In Search of Medieval Breakfast
Dr Christopher Monk explores what medieval folk may have eaten for breakfast, then cooks a fourteenth-century dish that has become a favourite for his own breakfast?
Jelly in 13th- and 14th-century England
Wobbling wonders: Dr Monk explores the early history of jelly recipes in medieval England.
Premium Content: Recipe for Sambocade
Written, fully tested recipe for Sambocade (elderflower cheesecake tart) for Premium content subscribers only.
Sambocade: a summery medieval cheesecake tart
Dr Monk makes a summery medieval curd tart with elderflower blossoms
Premium Content: Strawberries in Medieval Texts
Inspired by strawberries ripening in his garden, Dr Monk takes a look at strawberries in medieval cookery works.
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New video: Three hot n spicy medieval sauces
Who needs chillies? Dr Monk recreates 3 hot n spicy sauces from 3 medieval recipe books.
