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Falscher Eberkopf

England, 14. Jhd.

This is my adaptation of the recipe for “Farsure” Boar’s Head, from Pleyn Delit. It is inspired by descriptions of sotelties and spectacle foods, especially those where one kind of meat is made to look like another, and those where finely chopped/ground meat molded into various shapes (such as Pommes Dorres). When I made this dish for the Costume Collegium V reception, I chose to make the boar's heads from beef rather than pork or a mixture, due to the fact that several attendees at that event do not eat pork.

Note: This recipe is conjectural; it uses foods known in period, prepared in ways that were known in period, but it is not a redaction of a recipe from a period source. Caveat emptor!

Hieatt, Constance B., Pleyn Delit, 2nd edition; Arwen Southernwood, The Stewpot Period Culinary Guild (SCA)