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Beef and Cheese Pie, 16th Century, Netherlands - 2nd version (Empada de Carne e Queijo, Séc. XVI, Países Baixos, 2ª versão)

For the pastry: 240g of plain flour - 2 tsp salt - 80g lard - 75 ml water  

 For the filling:  380g of beef - 150g cheddar cheese - a pinch of saffron and ginger 

Add the flour and salt together into a bowl and make a well in the center. Heat the lard and water until boiling and pour it in the well. Beat the mixture with a spoon and then knead it. Mould it in a pie dish. After filling it, cover with the pastry lid.  

For beef pies. Take beef and that you shall cut very small and put into this in the winter manner: cheese, ginger and saffron. (I have put the slices of cheese first, then the meat, then sprinkled a bit of saffron and ginger on it, and then put some more pieces of cheese on top). 

Bake in the oven at 220ºC, for 15 minutes, then at 180ºC, for another 15 minutes.  

Bibliography: Een notabel boecxken van cokeryen, Netherlands, 1510 in http://medievalcookery.com/search/display.html?einno:91:PIE 

Brears, Peter - A Taste of History, 10,000 Years of Food in Britain, British Museum Press, 1993, pág. 161.


Para a massa: 240g de farinha pura - 2 colheres de chá de sal - 80g de banha - 75 ml de água

Para o recheio: 380g de carne de vaca - 150g de queijo cheddar - uma pitada de açafrão e gengibre

Adicione a farinha e o sal numa tigela e faça um buraco no centro. Aqueça a banha e a água até ferver e deite no buraco. Bata a mistura com uma colher e amasse. Molde numa forma de tarte. Após colocado o recheio, cubra com a restante massa. 

Para empadas de carne. Pegue na carne e corte-a bem pequena e coloque-a à maneira do inverno: queijo, gengibre e açafrão.

(Coloquei primeiro as fatias de queijo, depois a carne, depois salpiquei o açafrão e o gengibre e em seguida, coloquei mais alguns pedaços de queijo por cima).

Asse no forno a 220ºC, por cerca de 15 minutos e depois baixe para 180º C por mais 15. 

Bibliografia: Een notabel boecxken van cokeryen, Netherlands, 1510 in http://medievalcookery.com/search/display.html?einno:91:PIE  

Brears, Peter - A Taste of History, 10,000 Years of Food in Britain, British Museum Press, 1993, pág. 161.



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