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Tarte of Cheese and Eggs, 16th Century, England (Tarte de Queijo e Ovos, Séc. XVI, Inglaterra).

1 shortcrust pastry - 450g Cheshire cheese or similar - 6 egg yolks - 100g butter   

Take good fine paste and drive it as thin as you can.  Then take cheese, pare it, mince it, and braye it in a morter with the yolks of Egs til it be like paste, then put it in a faire dish with clarified butter, and then
put it abroade into your paste and cover it with a faire cut cover, and so bake it: that doon, serve it forth.

Bibliography: A BOOK OF COOKRYE. Gathered by A. W., 1591 in https://jducoeur.org/Cookbook/Cookrye.html 
Brears, Peter - Cooking and Dining in Tudor and Early Stuart England, Prospect Books, 2005. 


1 massa quebrada - 450g de queijo Cheshire ou similar - 6 gemas - 100g de manteiga

Pegue numa massa fina, estenda-a numa forma.  Descasque o queijo, pique-o e junte as gemas de ovos, forme uma pasta, junte a manteiga. Coloque tudo sobre a massa quebrada  e cubra-a com a tampa, leve a assar. 

Bibliografia: A BOOK OF COOKRYE. Gathered by A. W., 1591 in https://jducoeur.org/Cookbook/Cookrye.html 
Brears, Peter - Cooking and Dining in Tudor and Early Stuart England, Prospect Books, 2005. 

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