Another Cattabia (Cold Alexandrian-Bread Salad)
Origin: Rome, Italy
Source: Apicius, 400
Ingredients
- Alexandrian bread
- posca (vinegar-and-water drink)
- pepper
- honey
- mint
- garlic
- green coriander (cilantro)
- ox cheese (caseum bubulum)
- water
- oil
- snow
Instructions
- Hollow out Alexandrian bread and soak it in posca (vinegar-and-water).
- In a mortar combine pepper, honey, mint, garlic, green coriander, salted ox cheese, water and oil.
- Top with snow to chill and serve cold.