Recipe for
Porcellum Flaccianum
(Sucking-Pig
à la Flaccus)

by Apicius VIII, VII, 8

Sucking-Pig à la Flaccus... Sadly no one has a clue who the "Flaccus" that this recipe is styled after was.

Original recipe: Porcellum ornas in modum apri, sale asperges et in furnum mittes. Dum coquitur, adicies in mortarium piper, ligusticum, careum, apii semen, laseris radicem, rutam uiridem, fricabis, suffundes liquamen, uino et passo temperabis. In caccabo cum olei modicum ferueat; amulo obligas. Porcellum coctum ab ossibus tanges, apii semen teres ita ut fiat puluis, asperges et inferes.

Translation: The pig is garnished like wild boar. Sprinkle with salt, place in the oven. While being done put in the mortar pepper, lovage, caraway, celery seed, laser root, green rue, and crush it, moisten with broth, wine and raisin wine to taste, put this in a sauce pan, adding a little oil, heat, bind with roux. The roast pig, free from bones, sprinkle with powdered celery seed and serve.