Hochjadgsfest
Food for Sixty Souls, from Friday Supper to
Sunday Lunch,
Including a Feast of Fifteen Courses (in the Italian Style),
With Recipes & Documentation
Cooked for the St Florian High Hunt III AS XXXIII
By L. Stefano d'Urbino & Company
23rd September AS XXXIII (CE 1998)
Available Throughout
21 kg Bread Rolls
2kg Honey Butter, 2kg Herbed Butter, ½kg Plum Jam, ½kg Cherry Jam, ½kg
Apricot Jam, ½kg Strawberry Jam
3kg Apples, 3kg Pears
12l Apple Juice & Mint (at 1:5 makes 72l) for Cordial, 100 bags Tea, 500g
Coffee, 2l Milk, 1kg White Sugar, Hot Water
Friday Supper ($75:15kg:250gpp:start 6pm for 7pm)
[3kg] Bread Rolls etc.
[6kg] Potage d'Alscacienne - Pork & Bean Stew
2 kg beans, 1 kg pork, 1 kg ham, 1 kg pork sausages
[6kg] Potage Vegetables du Jour - Vegetable & Bean Stew
2 kg beans, 3 kg cabbage, celery, herbs & carrots
Crew: Stefano & Claudia
Basic Order: Heat Stews - Roast Meat - Setup - Serve - Porridge & Butters - Clean
Notes: Sort out work areas - Put on porridge overnight - Save scraps for pies - Put on roast for cold lunch meat - Make 2kg honey butter & 2kg herb butter
Saturday Breakfast ($90:18kg:300gpp:start 7.30am for 8.30am)
[3kg] Bread Rolls etc.
[5kg] Porridge - "Oats - a Grain. Used in England to feed the horses, but
in Scotland to feed the population." - Samuel Johnson - 2 kg oatmeal, ½kg
currants, ½kg brown sugar, 2l milk
[10kg] Cooked Breakfast - 3kg pork sausages, 3kg bacon, 3kg eggs, 1kg mushrooms
Crew: Stefano, Maude, Mark, Susan
Basic Order: Cook breakfast - Reheat porridge - Slice fruit -
Serve - Clean
Notes: Save scraps for pies (also see Friday Supper)
Saturday Lunch ($120:24kg:400gpp:start 10am for 12.30pm)
[3kg] Bread rolls etc.
Cold Meats
[6kg] 2kg ham, 1kg salami, 2½kg cold roast rump beef, ½kg(?) cold sausages
& bacon
Cheese & Deli
[5kg] 1kg edam, 1kg gouda, ½kg brie, ½kg fetta, ½kg nuts, ½ kg apricots, 1kg
(1½ doz boiled eggs)
[7kg] Vegetables & Fruit
2kg pickled onions gherkins cabbage, 2kg fresh carrots celery radishes, 1½kg
apples, 1½kg pears
[3kg] Pies
meat, egg and herb pies thickened with a little porridge
1 kg pastry, herbs
Crew: Claudia, Sansha, Mattias,
Basic Order: Pies - Meat - Cheese - Veges & Fruit - Serve
- Clean
Notes : Are the subtleties ready?
Saturday Feast ($225:45kg;750gpp:start 1.30pm for 6.30pm)
1st Course Bread etc. prepared
cold
[3kg] bread & butters
2nd Course Plates of Vegetables in the Italian Style prepared
cold
[3kg] pickled onions, gherkins, cabbage artichokes, asparagus, olives, dried
fruit & cheese
3rd Course Onion & Herb Fritters prepared
on a range
[3kg] 3 doz egg whites ~ 1kg, 1¼ kg flour, ¼ kg onions, ¼ kg herbs, oil, salt
- fry onions until soft; mix onions, herbs, flour & salt; whisk in egg
whites until foamy; fry like pikelets.
4th Course Egg & Pea Omelette prepared
on a range
[3 kg] 3 doz egg yolks + 1½ doz eggs ~ 2kg, 1 kg frozen peas - cook peas until
done; mix well with eggs, fry in plenty of oil a large frypan with seasonings
and cut into slices.
5th Course Stewed Mushroom & Leeks prepared
on a range
[3kg] 1½kg mushrooms, 1½kg leeks - (see Dani for recipe.)
6th Course Boiled Carrots in Honey Sauce prepared
on a range
[3kg] 2½kg carrots, ½kg honey - cook carrots until done; add honey and
seasonings until well coated.
7th Course Boiled Ham with Apple Sauce prepared
cold & on a range
[6kg] 6 kg leg ham; 1kg apple pie filling - cook and mash apple pie filling in
sweet white wine and seasonings until smooth.
8th Course Grilled Beef & Chicken with Spicy Cardamom
Sauce prepared on a grill & on a range
[6kg] 2½kg beef rump as steaks; 4kg chicken pieces; 100 g hazelnuts, 1 l hot
stock, 100 g grated white bread, 500 ml balsamic vinegar, 20 g cinnamon, 30 g
cardamon, 50 g sugar, 5 g ground cloves - toast hazelnuts; soak bread in
vinegar; mix sugar & seasonings gradually into a little stock until smooth;
grind nuts and bread until smooth ; mix all ingredients together until smooth.
9th Course Roast Pork with Sweet & Sour Sauce prepared
in an oven & on a range
[6kg] 6 kg pork; 400 g chopped dates, 400 g currants, 750 ml sweet white wine,
500 ml white wine vinegar, 25 g ginger, 25 g black pepper, a few eggs, 100 g
pine nuts - add fruit to wine and vinegar and cook over a low heat until the
dates are soft and pulpy; add seasonings; take a cup of the liquor and allow to
cool; toast whole pine nuts; beat eggs and cooled liquor to them gradually; add
this to the main liquor and stir constantly until the whole has a thin custard
consistency; add pine nuts.
10th Course Cherry Puree Pies prepared
in an oven
[3kg] 1kg pastry, 1½kg tinned cherries, 500ml white wine vinegar & lemon
juice, 200g grated white bread, a few egg yolks, 100ml honey, seasonings to
taste - boil cherries to a puree; mix bread gradually with vinegar and juice
until smooth; add to cherries, season and add egg yolks to bind & honey to
sweeten. Bake in pies at 180o for 30-40 minutes.
11th Course Angel Food with Sponge Biscuits prepared
cold
[3kg] 2½ kg ricotta, 250 ml honey, 50 ml rosewater or other essence, ½ kg
sponge biscuits - fluff ricotta with a fork and whisk in the honey and essence
to taste.
12th Course Fresh Sliced Exotic Fruits prepared
cold
[3 kg] 2kg best oranges 1kg best lemons and a melon freshly cut brought chilled
from hottest Araby at great expense.
13th, 14th & 15th Courses Subtleties of a Bonnicon, a Unicorn & a
Centaur prepared by Miriam & Matthias
Crew: Stefano, Claudia, Sansha, Matthias, Maude, (Wolf)
Basic Order: Meat - Veges, Sauces & Fritters - Antipasto -
Serve - Clean
Notes: Serve Subtleties in between other courses eg. as 5th, 10th & 15th ?
Sunday Breakfast ($90:18kg:300gpp:start 7.30am for 8.30am)
[3kg] Bread Rolls etc.
[5kg] Porridge - 2 kg oatmeal, ½kg currants, ½kg brown sugar, 2l milk
[10kg] Cooked Breakfast - 6kg fish fillets, 4kg eggs, 2kg onions, lemons
Crew: Claudia, Alaric, Mark, Susan
Basic Order: Cook breakfast - Reheat porridge - Slice fruit -
Serve - Clean
Notes: Save scraps for pies; +2 kg of fish for Lunch pies
Sunday Lunch ($120:24kg:400gpp:start 10am for 12.30pm)
[3kg] Bread rolls etc.
[6kg] Savoury Dishes - Rapa Armata (Turnips with Cheese), Rice from Greece
1½kg turnips, 1kg mozzarella, ½kg parmesan, 2kg rice, ½kg onions, ½kg herbs,
olive oil
[5kg] Cheese & Deli
1kg edam, 1kg gouda, ½kg brie, ½kg fetta, ½kg nuts, ½ kg apricots, 1kg (1½
doz boiled eggs)
[7kg] Vegetables & Fruit
2kg pickled onions gherkins cabbage, 2kg fresh carrots celery radishes, 1½ kg
apples, 1½kg pears
[3kg] Pies
fish, egg and herb pies thickened with a little porridge
1 kg pastry, herbs
Crew: Claudia, Alaric, Maude
Basic Order: Pies & Savory Dishes - Cheese - Veges & Fruit - Serve - Clean