Minutal with Apricots

Ingredients

• olive oil
• liquamen (Roman fermented fish sauce)
• wine
• dried shallot (Ascalonian onion)
• cooked pork shoulder
• pepper
• cumin
• dried mint
• dill
• honey
• passum (raisin wine)
• vinegar
• apricots (praecoqua)
• tracta (pastry sheet)

Instructions

1. Put oil, liquamen and wine in a pot; add chopped dried shallot and diced cooked pork shoulder.
2. When cooked, grind pepper, cumin, dried mint and dill; moisten with honey, liquamen, passum, a little vinegar and the dish's own juices.
3. Add pitted apricots and boil until thoroughly cooked.
4. Crumble in tracta to bind. Sprinkle with pepper and serve.