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Aliter Dulcia (Another Kind of Dessert)
Aliter Dulcia (Another Kind of Dessert) is a traditional Ancient Roman recipe for a steamed dough dessert made of nuts, pine nuts and honey. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ancient Roman version of Aliter Dulcia.
prep time
10 minutes
cook time
20 minutes
Total Time:
30 minutes
Serves:
4
Rating: 
Tags : Herb RecipesDessert RecipesAncient Roman Recipes
Original Recipe
Aliter dulcia: piper, nucleos, mel, rutam et passum teres, cum lacte [et] tracta coques. coagulum coque cum modicis ovis. perfusum melle, aspersum inferes.
Translation
Crush pepper, nuts, honey, rue, and raisin wine with milk, and cook the mixture with few eggs well worked in, cover with honey, sprinkle with crushed nuts, etc and serve.
Ingredients:
250g coarsely-ground nuts (or pine kernels)
100g coarsely-ground pine kernels
3–4 tbsp
honey
1 tbsp finely-minced
rue
50ml
passum
50ml milk
2 eggs
Honey to drizzle
ground
black pepper
Method:
Mix together the pine kernels, nuts, honey, rue and Passum with the milk and eggs to form a dough then season with pepper. Meanwhile, pre-heat a steamer and place the dough on a buttered heat-proof dish and place in the steamer. Cook for about 20 minutes then take out, drizzle with honey and a sprinkling of freshly-ground pepper.
Find more recipes from Apicius' De Re Coquinaria, part of this site's Ancient Roman recipes collection.
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