Chicken Vardanus (in White Sauce)
Origin: Rome, Italy
Source: Apicius, 400
Ingredients
- chicken
- liquamen (Roman fermented fish sauce)
- olive oil
- wine
- leek
- coriander
- savory
- pepper
- pine nuts
- milk
- egg whites
Instructions
- Cook the chicken in liquamen, oil and wine with a bundle of leek, coriander and savory.
- Pound pepper and pine nuts; add two cyathi of liquamen and the cooking juices; discard the herb bundles.
- Temper with milk, pour over the chicken to heat, bind with beaten egg whites, and serve under the sauce (a 'white sauce').