Almond-and-Date Sauce for Meat Slices
Origin: Rome, Italy
Source: Apicius, 400
Ingredients
- pepper
- celery seed
- caraway
- savory
- safflower flower
- small onion
- toasted almonds
- date
- liquamen (fermented fish sauce)
- oil
- mustard
- defrutum (must boiled down by half)
Instructions
- Combine pepper, celery seed, caraway, savory, safflower flower, small onion, toasted almonds, date, liquamen, oil and a little mustard.
- Color the sauce with defrutum.