Ham Cooked with Figs
Origin: Rome, Italy
Source: Apicius, 400
Ingredients
- ham (perna)
- dried figs (Caricae)
- caroenum (grape-must boiled down to one-third)
- conditum (spiced honeyed wine)
- must-cakes (mustei)
Instructions
- Boil the ham simply in water with dried figs, in the usual way.
- Serve it in morsels with caroenum or spiced wine; better still with must-cakes.