Another Hot Sauce for Roast Wild Boar
Origin: Rome, Italy
Source: Apicius, 400
Ingredients
- pepper
- lovage
- celery seed
- mint
- thyme
- toasted pine nuts
- wine
- vinegar
- liquamen (fermented fish sauce)
- olive oil
- onion
- rue
- egg whites
Instructions
- Pound pepper, lovage, celery seed, mint, thyme, and toasted pine nuts; loosen with wine, vinegar, liquamen, and a little oil.
- Bring the plain sauce to a boil, add the ball of seasoning, and stir with a bundle of onion and rue.
- To enrich, thicken with beaten egg white, stirring slowly; finish with ground pepper and serve.