Recipe for
aliter sala cattabia
(Bread Salad)
By Apicius IV, I, 3
An accompaniment for any meal or as a snack
Original recipe: panem Alexandrinum excauabis; in posca macerabis. adicies in mortarium piper mel mentam alium coriandrum uiridem caseum bubulum sale conditum aquam oleum; insuper niuem et inferes.
Translation: hollow out an Alexandrian loaf. Soak (the crumb) in posca. Put in a mortar pepper, honey, mint, garlic, green coriander, cows' cheese, salt, spiced wine, water and oil. Stand (the pot) in snow and serve.
Ingredients
- Loaf fine white bread
- Mild vinegarWater
- Grated Mild cheese
For the dressing:
- Dash of pepper
- Honey
- Mint
- Clove of garlic, crushed
- Coriander
- Olive oil
- Mild white wine vinegar
Preparation
- Remove the crust from the loaf of bread and slice the remainder
- Moisten the slices with vinagar and water.
- Cover a shallow salad bowl with pieces of the prepared bread. On top of it, sprinkle shredded cheese.
- Place in a cold place
To make the dressing
- Mix the pepper, honey, mint, garlic, coriander, olive oil and vinegar.
- Pour over the cold bread and serve at once.
