Sauce for Partridge (Ius in Perdices)
Origin: Rome, Italy
Source: Apicius, 400
Ingredients
- partridge
- pepper
- celery
- mint
- rue
- vinegar
- date
- honey
- liquamen (Roman fermented fish sauce)
- olive oil
Instructions
- Pound pepper, celery, mint and rue in a mortar; moisten with vinegar.
- Add date, honey, vinegar, liquamen and oil.
- Cook together and serve over partridge.