Sweet Minutal with Citron

Ingredients

• olive oil
• liquamen (Roman fermented fish sauce)
• stock (coctura)
• headed leek
• coriander
• cooked pork shoulder
• small forcemeat balls (isiciola)
• pepper
• cumin
• coriander
• green rue
• laser root (asafoetida/silphium)
• vinegar
• defrutum (reduced grape must)
• citron
• tracta (pastry sheet)

Instructions

1. Put oil, liquamen, stock and headed leek in a pot; add chopped coriander, cooked pork shoulder and forcemeat-balls.
2. Grind pepper, cumin, coriander, green rue and laser root; moisten with vinegar, defrutum and the dish's own juices, tempering with vinegar.
3. Bring to the boil, then add diced, parboiled citron cleaned inside and out.
4. Crumble in tracta to bind. Sprinkle with pepper and serve.