LVCANICAE (Lucanian Sausages)

(Apic. 2, 4) Ingredients:

• 300 g minced meat (with fat)
• 100 g pine nuts
• Pepper
• Cumin
• Rue
• Parsley
• Savory
• Bay (or juniper) berries
• 2 tbsp Liquamen (or soya sauce)
• Sausage casings

Instructions:
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Cut meat and fat into chunks and place in a bowl. Sprinkle with pepper, cumin, savory, juniper berries, and liquamen. Mix with hands so that all chunks are well-coated with spice mixture. Break stems from parsley, and break each sprig into 3-4 pieces. Add to meat mixture and toss. Put meat mixture through meat grinder, or grind with a food processor. Mix in pine nuts and stuff into sausage casings. Finished sausages may be grilled, boiled, roasted, or smoked.

 

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(Apic. 6, 8, 13) Ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken
• 2 + 1 tbsp liquamen
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 cup white wine
• 5 bunch coriander
• 1 onion
• 3 + ½ tbsp honey
• 1 cups milk
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1 tsp lovage (or celery)
• 1 tsp oregano
• Flour
• Salt to taste

Instructions:
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Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper and cook in oven, 200° for 70 minutes, adding liquamen, oil, wine, coriander and onion; stir ... continue

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