Sarda ita fit (tuna)

4 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1poundsCooked tuna fillet; blended with
2teaspoonsGround pepper
½teaspoonLiebstoeckl
½teaspoonThyme
½teaspoonOregano
½teaspoonRue
5ouncesDates (without stones)
1tablespoonHoney
4Egg; hard boiled, quartered
3tablespoonsWine, white
2tablespoonsWine vinegar
3tablespoonsDefritum
2tablespoonsGreen olive oil
called 'levisticum officinale'. It's an umbelliferous
plant with yellowish flowers. Its dried roots are used
as spice. It seems to be a kind of celery.
DE RE COQUINARIA, Apicius (9,10,2)
per Sam Lefkowitz

Directions

Cook tuna fillet. Mesh fillet together with dates, honey, wine, vinegar, defritum and oil. Put mass into a bowl and garnish with egg quarters. Serve.

Defritum: Either thick fig syrup, or must that's boiled until you : have only a third of the amount with which you started.

Liebstoeckl: I didn't find an English translation. In Latin it's Submitted By SAM WARING On 06-02-95