To make a tarte of borage floures

PERIOD: England, 1545 | SOURCE: A Propre new booke of Cokery | CLASS: Authentic

DESCRIPTION: A recipe for making a borage flower tart

To make a tarte of borage floures.

Take borage floures and perboyle them tendre / then strayne them with the yolkes of thre or foure egges and swete curdes / orels take thre or four apples and perboyle with all and strain them with swete butter and a litle mace and so bake it.

To make a tart of borage flowers.

Take borage flowers and parboil them tender / then strain them with the yolks of three or four eggs and sweet curds / or else take three or four apples and parboil with all and strain them with sweet butter and a little mace and so bake it.