Desserts

The mistress, who recently became pregnant, had a pretty powerful, scary sugar/nut craving today, so I set out to make some desserts.

Here is my own recipe: DULCIA DOMESTICA

Take the stones out of the dates and fill them with nuts or stone-pine kernels. Sprinkle a bit of salt on the filled dates and stew them in honey or honey-sweetened red wine. The dates have to be cooked in on low heat until their paring starts to come off (approximately 5-10 minutes).

I usually fill some of the dates with pepper because that is the way the mistress likes, but judging from her voracious desire for sweetness, I filled the dates with nuts and honey this time.

Amazingly, after finishing more than 50 dates, the mistress still wanted more sweet food. I obliged.

ALITER DULCIA

Mesh pepper, pine kernels, honey, rue, and Passum with milk and eggs, and boil the dough. Serve topped with honey and sprinkle with pepper.

Once again, I used very little pepper and substituted honey instead. I need to remember to buy more honey tomorrow for I have used almost all the honey in the kitchen.