Spiced Dressing for Roast (I)
Origin: Rome, Italy
Source: Apicius, 400
Ingredients
- 6 scruples parsley
- 6 scruples asarum (hazelwort root)
- 6 scruples ginger
- 5 bay berries
- seasoning (condimentum)
- 6 scruples laser root (silphium)
- 6 scruples oregano
- 6 scruples cyperus (galingale root)
- costmary (costus)
- 3 scruples pyrethrum
- 6 scruples celery seed
- 12 scruples pepper
- liquamen (fermented fish sauce)
- oil
Instructions
- Grind together parsley, asarum, ginger (6 scruples each), 5 bay berries, laser root, oregano and cyperus (6 scruples each), a little costmary, pyrethrum (3 scruples), celery seed (6 scruples) and pepper (12 scruples), with enough seasoning.
- Blend into liquamen and oil, as much as needed, and dress the roast.