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Thumiyya

Andalusien, 13. Jhd.

Thumiyya, A Garlicky Dish

Take a plump hen and take out what is inside it, clean that and leave aside. Then take four uqiyas of peeled garlic and pound them until they are like brains, and mix with what comes out of the interior of the chicken. Fry it in enough oil to cover, until the smell of garlic comes out. Mix this with the chicken in a clean pot with salt, cinnamon, pepper, lavender, ginger, cloves, saffron, peeled whole almonds, both pounded and whole, and a little murri naqi. Seal the pot with dough, place it in the oven and leave it until it is done. Then take it out and open the pot, pour its contents into a clean dish and an aromatic scent will come forth from it and perfume the area.

An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook of the 13th Century; Cadifor Cynan, The Cauldron Bleu Cooks Guild, SCA