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Gyngenes (Ginger Sauce)

Ginger Sauce (Gyngenes) is a traditional Medieval recipe for a classic ginger-flavoured sauce made with viengar and thickened with bread that's typically served with meat-based dishes. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Medieval version of: Ginger Sauce (Gyngenes).

prep time

10 minutes

cook time

15 minutes

Total Time:

25 minutes

Serves:

6

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Sauce RecipesVegetarian RecipesSpice RecipesBread RecipesBritish RecipesEnglish Recipes



Original Recipe




Gyngenes

(from

A Forme of Cury)



Ꞇe paynꝺemayn +̅ pare iꞇ clene +̅ funꝺe it in ỽyneg · grynꝺe yt anꝺ ꞇemp̅ iꞇ ỽp wiþ ỽyneg +̅ w pouꝺo  · ꝫ̅ꝫ̅ · +̅ ſalt · anꝺ ꝺrawe it þoꝛowe a ſtrayno  anꝺ meſſe iꞇ foꝛꞇ ·



Translation



Ginger Sauce



Take fine white bread, remove the crusts, dissolve in vinegar, grind it and mix with vinegar and with ground ginger and salt. Pass it through a strainer and serve it forth.

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Ingredients:

6 slices of fine white bread
100ml vinegar
vinegar, to thin
2 tsp ground ginger (or to taste)
salt, to taste

Method:

Break the bread into pieces and mix in a bowl with the vinegar. Set aside for 10 minutes to soak then mash finely with a fork. Mix in more vinegar until you have a sauce-like consistency then work in the ginger and season to taste with salt.

Pass through a fine-meshed sieve, pressing down with the back of a spoon then turn into a dish and serve it forth.

Find more Medieval recipes as well as more recipes from the Forme of Cury here.