5 Reasons To Try The Medieval Cuisine Of Sent Soví

Tired of the same old paleo? Try the sensational Sent Soví Sauce!

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Enrique Iglesias - delicious, but not as delicious as our sauce!

Tired of modern dishes? Want to learn from our culinary forefathers about the art of cooking? Sick of getting E. Coli from Chipotle? Try our meat sauce from way back when, a recipe from Medieval Spain. #tbt

Hear ye, hear ye! Sent Sovi meat sauce is PALEO, ORGANIC, and DELICIOUS!

Here are the five reasons you should try the Sent Sovi Sauce Sensation!

1. Connect to your ancestry from the Middle Ages!

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Do you think fondly of cooking your meat over a campfire under the stars? Do you miss the good old days running away from predators on the plains? Do you wish you could recapture the romance of surviving the plague? #strugglebus

2. This is the original, traditional, authentic Spanish cuisine

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Did you like Spanish Food before it was cool? Did you eat meat before it was hip? Looking for authenticity?

The recipes of "Sent Sovi" reflects the pre-colonial world where foods like "tomatoes, like potatoes or pepper, [had] not entered the Mediterranean diet until well after the discovery of the Americas". (From the 2008 edition of The Book of Sent Sovi, page 11.)

3. Try a high class dish written for the professionals!

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Yes it’s simple, but this is not your average peasant dish! The editor of the "Sent Sovi" made the food for kings and queens! Be a high class professional Medieval chef! Feed your inner royalty!

4. It’s a famous text!

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Stand aside, War and Peace, and move over Harry Potter! "Sent Sovi" is a Medieval cookbook that was first written in Catalan. It is the "earliest evidence of the Catalan gastronomic tradition". The different recipes in the cookbook have typical features in modern Catalan cuisine. "Sent Sovi" "circulated widely throughout the Middle Ages, and probably until well into the sixteenth century". (Quoted from the 2008 edition of The Book of Sent Sovi, page 11.)

5. The deliciousness will make the world a better place.

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So, here it goes!

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Ingredients:

Meat (4 servings) (Game, poultry, and cattle were available at the time)

½ large onion, chopped

Parsley, chopped

3 eggs, beaten

Optional:

Vinegar

Bread, 3 slices

Spices：

Medieval favorite：Pepper, Saffron, Ginger, Cloves

Modern sensation(for those who want their paleo sauce more neolithic):

Paprika, Cumin, Old Bay, Garlic

Equipment:

5 qt dutch oven (or any pot big enough to cover the meat with water)

8' pan

stove top

Steps:

Boil your meat until cooked. Remove and set aside. Reduce by half. Do not skim!

Trim half a serving and shred with fork or grind in food processor with spices. If you want it more authentic, use a mortar and pestle to grind the spices in with the meat. Add this mixture back to the broth and allow it to mix thoroughly.

Sweat onions and parsley until soft and yellow. Add to the meaty broth mixture. Boil and reduce sauce further. Remove from heat.

Beat the eggs with the vinegar while the sauce is cooling. (Make sure the eggs don't curdle!)

Add the eggs to the sauce slowly, stirring all the while.

Optional: Add toast soaked in vinegar and onions and parsley sauteed in oil.

(All quotes taken from the 2008 edition of The Book of Sent Sovi)