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Spinach and Apple Tart, 16th Century, England (Tarte de Espinafres e Maçã, Séc. XVI, Inglaterra).

 

200g spinach - 3 apples - 4 egg yolks - 2 tbsp sugar - 1 tsp cinnamon - 1/4 tsp ginger - Shortcrust pastry

Cook the apples until tender, add the spinach almost in the end of cooking, so it doesn't shrink too much. Strain the water, put the spinach and apple on the pastry shell, beat the spices and sugar in the egg yolks and pour over the spinach and apple. Bake at 200ºC, for 25 minutes. 

Bibliography: Wood, Jacqui - Tasting the Past: Recipes from the Middle Ages to the Civil War, The History Press, 2019


200g de espinafre - 3 maçãs - 4 gemas de ovo - 2 colheres de sopa de açúcar - 1 colher de chá de canela - 1/4 colher de chá de gengibre - massa quebrada

Cozinhe as maçãs até ficarem macias, acrescente o espinafre quase no final do cozimento, para não encolher muito. Coe a água, coloque o espinafre e a maçã na massa estendida na forma, bata as especiarias e o açúcar com as gemas, regue com as mesmas o espinafre e a maçã. Asse a 200º C, por 25 minutos. 

Bibliografia: Wood, Jacqui - Tasting the Past: Recipes from the Middle Ages to the Civil War, The History Press, 2019

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