Author Archives: Christopher Monk
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.
Oh, the strain!
Here’s my first outtakes video. I’m sure it won’t be the last, he said, back of his hand to his forehead.
Language of cookery 7: lard or lardons?
Dr Monk looks at a recipe for medieval fried custards and asks, when is lard not lard?
Premium Content: recipe for Crustard of Erbes on a Fysche Day
Print off Dr Monk’s fully tested recipe, Tart of Salmon and Greens, based on the recipe from Richard II’s cookery book, Forme of Cury, Crustard of Erbes on a Fysche Day (Tart of Greens on a Fish Day), c. 1390.
MONK'S MODERN MEDIEVAL CUISINE 