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Ancient Roman Egg Recipe Recipe

	Mystic_river1 / All my dishes 1 year, 7 months ago Perhaps the most popular of all the Roman appetizers was the egg. In fact, the ancient Latin saying ab ovo usque ad malum literally means "from the egg to the fruit," which translates loosely as "the beginning of the meal to the end. In this recipe, ... More Prep:20m Cook:12m Servings:2	Mystic_rive
	apicius reprinted from a taste of ancient rome

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Ingredients

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For medium-boiled eggs: Pepper, lovage, and soaked pine nuts. Pour on honey and vinegar; mix with garum (see next recipe)

- Apicius, reprinted from A Taste of Ancient Rome

SOAKING TIME IS 4 HOURS FOR EITHER RECIPE

Directions

Modern Egg Recipe

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4 medium-boiled eggs

2 ounces pine nuts

3 tablespoons vinegar

1 teaspoon honey

Pinch each of pepper and lovage (or celery leaf)

Soak the pine nuts 3-4 hours beforehand in the vinegar.

Mix all the sauce ingredients thoroughly in a blender. This exquisite sauce should be presented in a sauce boat so that each person can serve himself or herself, since the eggs cannot be sliced and placed on a dish in advance.

- reprinted from A Taste of Ancient Rome

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