Learn to bake a medieval cheesecake.

In this episode, I make a medieval elderflower cheesecake - a Sambocade. I explore how this dessert is the link between the ancient cheesecake given to Greek Olympians and the modern NY style cheesecake we love today.

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LINK TO HOW TO MAKE MEDIEVAL CHEESE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlQZ3NPnoLk&t=24s

SAMBOCADE
ORIGINAL RECIPE (c.1390) From The Forme of Cury - https://amzn.to/31frAAy
Sambocade - Take and make a crust in a trape and take a cruddes and wryng out the wheyze and drawe hem thurgh a stynor. And put in the stynor crustes. Do thereto sugar, the thridde part and somdel whyte of ayren and shake thereinne blomes of elren, and bake it up with curose and messe it forth.

MODERN RECIPE (Based on the adaptation in To The King's Taste by Lorna J. Sass)

THE CRUST (Based on a recipe from Matt Adlard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbBQLTLhKyo&t=2s)
INGREDIENTS
2 Sticks of Unsalted Butter
160g Icing Sugar
6 Egg Yolks
450g Plain Flour
A Pinch of Salt
Optional: A tsp of vanilla paste or lemon zest

METHOD
Sift icing sugar into stand mixer with cubed butter. Beat until smooth.
Add egg yolks and beat until incorporated.
Add salt and flour and beat on low until just combined into a loose, crumbly dough.
Divide dough into two parts and roll each out between two pieces of parchment until ⅛ - ¼ inch thick.
Chill for 20 minutes

THE FILLING
INGREDIENTS
4 Tbsp Heavy Cream
150g Sugar
2 Tbsp Dried Breadcrumbs
6 Egg Whites
3 Tbsp Dried Elderflower OR 6 Tbs Fresh Elderflower https://amzn.to/2IcJiKj
450g Fresh Cheese (or Farmer's Cheese or Ricotta)

METHOD
Bake pie pastry at 425F for 10 minutes. Let cool.
Soak elderflowers in heavy cream for 10 minutes.
Push cheese through a strainer with the back of a spoon.
Combine cheese, breadcrumbs and elderflower-cream mixture. Add sugar and beat until smooth.
Fold in stiff egg whites.
Pour mixture into cooled pastry crust.
Bake at 375F for 50 minutes or until just set in the middle. Turn off heat and allow to cool in oven with door open for 15 minutes

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SOURCES
The Forme of Cury - By Samuel Pegge - https://amzn.to/3cXBycA
To The King's Taste - Lorna J. Sass - https://amzn.to/3bNg2XE

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