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Aliter in Palumbis sive Columbis II (Sauce for Boiled Wood Pigeons and Doves, Another Way II)
Aliter in Palumbis sive Columbis (Sauce for Boiled Wood Pigeons and Doves, Another Way) is a traditional Ancient Roman recipe for a classic sauce of pepper, lovage, laser, liquamen, wine and stock to be served with roast wood pigeon or dove. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ancient Roman version of: Sauce for Boiled Wood Pigeons and Doves, Another Way (Aliter in Palumbis sive Columbis).
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
10 minutes
Total Time:
30 minutes
Serves:
4
Rating: 
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Original Recipe
Aliter: piper, ligusticum, laser vivum, suffundis liquamen, vino et liquamine temperabis, et mittis super columbum vel palumbum. piper aspersum inferes.
Translation
[Sauce for Wood Pigeons and Doves], Another Way: [Pound] pepper, lovage and fresh laser. Moisten with liquamen and blend with wine and stock then pour over the wood pigeon or dove. Sprinkle with pepper and serve.
Modern Redaction
Ingredients:
1/2 tsp freshly-ground
black pepper
1/2 tsp
lovage seeds (or celery seeds)
pinch of
asafoetida
2 tbsp liquamen (fish sauce)
200ml chicken stock
100ml white wine
Method:
Grind together the black pepper, lovage (or celery) seeds and asafoetida in a mortar. Now work in the liquamen, chicken stock and white wine.
In the meantime, roast the wood pigeons or doves for about 10 minutes, or until half done. Now pour the sauce into a pan and bring to a boil. Pour over the part-roasted birds and continue roasting, basting frequently with the sauce. Serve the roast birds, accompanied by the sauce.
Find more recipes from Apicius' De Re Coquinaria along with information on Apicius and his cookbook, all part of this site's Ancient Roman recipes collection.
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