Ancient Nettle Pudding
Recipe courtesy of Ancient Craft and Celtnet Recipes
According to Celtnet Recipes, “when most food was boiled in a large
pot, adding dumplings or ‘puddings’ to stocks (was) a good way of putting
starch in the diet. These large dumplings are flavoured with wild herbs and
nettles.”[9]
Ingredients
1 bunch of sorrel
1 bunch of watercress
1 bunch of dandelion leaves
2 bunches of young nettle leaves
Some chives
1 cup of barley flour
1 teaspoon of salt
Instructions
Chop the herbs finely and mix in the barley flour and salt.
Add enough water to bind it together and place in the center of a
linen or muslin cloth.
Tie the cloth securely and add to a pot of simmering venison or wild
boar (a pork joint will do just as well). Make sure the string is long enough
to pull the pudding from the pot.
Cook the pudding until the meat is done (at least two hours).
Leave the pudding to cool slightly, remove the muslin, then cut the
pudding into thick slices with a knife.
Serve the pudding with chunks of barley bread.
*The pudding can be served along side the meat with which it was
cooked, or it can be served as its own stand-alone dish.
[1] Pappas, S. (2012, September 28). Ancient
Burial Shroud Made of Surprising Material, Scientists Find. Retrieved January
2, 2015.
[4] Nettles – discover its healing, medicinal
qualities. (n.d.). Retrieved January 2, 2015, from http://www.nettlesforhealth.com/#!nettle-uses/c18ah
[8] Macrae, F. (n.d.). Traditional English
cooking: Nettle pudding and other ancient recipes. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
[9] Boiled Nettle Pudding a classic reconstructed
Ancient Recipe. (n.d.). Retrieved January 7, 2015, from http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/ancient/fetch-recipe.php?rid=ancient-boiled-nettle-pudding
https://antiquitynow.org/2015/01/07/bon-appetit-wednesday-ancient-nettle-pudding-britains-oldest-recipe/
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