Name: Steamed Lamb (Alter Haedinam Sive Agninam Excaldatam)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Roman
Ingredients: 10 lamb cutlets; 1l white wine; 100ml olive oil; 2 large onions, finely diced; 2 tbsp ground coriander; 1 tsp freshly-ground pepper; 1 tbsp lovage; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tbsp liquamen; cornflour (to thicken the sauce)

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Alter Haedinam Sive Agninam Excaldatam (Steamed Lamb)

Alter Haedinam Sive Agninam Excaldatam (Steamed Lamb) is a traditional Ancient Roman recipe for lamb steamed with fish sauce, oil and wine and served with a sauce made from the steaming liquid. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ancient Roman version of: Alter Haedinam Sive Agninam Excaldatam.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

60 minutes

Total Time:

80 minutes

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : Sauce Recipes Spice Recipes Lamb Recipes Ancient Roman Recipes

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Original Recipe

Aliter haedinam sive agninam excaldatam (from Apicius' De Re Coquinaria)

Aliter haedinam sive agninam excaldatam: mittes in caccabum copadia. cepam, coriandrum minutum succides, teres piper, ligusticum, cuminum, liquamen, oleum, vinum. coques, exinanies in patina, amulo obligas.

Translation

Put pieces of kid or lamb in the stew pot with chopped onion and coriander. Crush pepper, lovage, cumin, and cook with broth oil and wine. Put in a dish and tie with roux.

Ingredients:

10 lamb cutlets
1l white wine
100ml olive oil
2 large onions, finely diced
2 tbsp ground coriander
1 tsp freshly-ground pepper
1 tbsp lovage
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tbsp liquamen
cornflour (to thicken the sauce)

Method:

Add the diced onions to a pot along with the spices. Place the lamb cutlets on top and add the Liquamen, oil and wine. Place in an oven pre-heated to 180°C (350°F/Gas Mark 4) and cook for 45–60 minutes.

When the lamb is done, pour the sauce into a pan, bring to the boil and add cornflour to thicken. Serve the cutlets together with the thickened sauce.

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