Capon in White-Broth

Ingredients

• at least three quarts of White-broth
• a quarter of a pound of blanched Almonds
• three or four spoonfuls of Cream
• if you will, a little Rose water
• boileth a Capon
• a Marrow-bone or two
• season your broth in due time with salt and such spices as you like

Method

1. 1

   Prepare broth with mutton and veal.

2. 2

   Blend almonds with cream and add to broth.

3. 3

   Boil the Capon and marrow bones separately.

4. 4

   Combine all ingredients, adding beaten eggs and seasonings.

5. 5

   Serve Capon on toasted bread with broth poured over.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened (1910) by Sir Kenelm Digby, page 94. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CAPON IN WHITE-BROTH My Lady of Monmouth boileth a Capon with white broth thus. Make reasonable good broth, with the crag-ends of Necks of Mutton and Veal (of which you must have so much as to be at least three quarts of White-broth in the dish with the Capon, when all is done, else it will not come high enough upon the Capon). Beat a quarter of a pound of blanched Al- monds with three or four spoonfuls of Cream, and, if you will, a little Rose water ; then add some of your broth to it, so to draw out all their substance, mingling it with the rest of your broth. Boil your Capon in fair-water by it self; and a Marrow-bone or two by themselves in other water. Likewise some Chess-nuts (in stead of which you may use Pis- taccios, or macerated Pine kernels) and in other water some Skirrits or Endive, or Parsley-roots, ac- cording to the season. Also plumpsome Raisins of the Sun, and stew some sliced Dates with Sugar and water. When all is ready to joyn, beat two or three New-laid-eggs (whites and all) with some of the White-broth, that must then be boiling, and mingle it with the rest, and let it boil on : and mingle the other prepared things with it, as also a little sliced Oringiado (from which the hard Candy-sugar hath been soaked off with warm-water) or a little peel of Orange (or some Limon Pickled with Sugar and THS CLOSET OPECN^D 147 Vinegar, such as serves for Salets) which you throw away, after it hath been a while boiled in it : and put a little Sack to your broth, and some Amber- greece, if you will, and a small portion of Sugar ; and last of all, put in the Marrow in lumps that you have knocked out of the boiled bones. Then lay your Capon taken hot from the Liquor, he is boiled in, upon sippets and slices of tosted light bread, and pour your broth and mixture upon it, and cover it with another dish, and let all stew to- gether a while : then serve it up. You must re- member to season your broth in due time with salt and such spices as you like

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.