Cookbook for the Ages (Volume 4): Baking around the world of the Knights Templar

Recapture the flavors of history with this one-of-a-kind grimoire gathering lost baking traditions from the medieval heyday of the enigmatic Knights Templar order.

During their globetrotting crusades, this monastic brotherhood of warrior knights encountered unique regional food cultures from Outremer to the British Isles. Their obscure recipes traveled back with them to European keeps and abbeys. Now home bakers can rediscover over 65 of these authentic baked goods right in their own ovens thanks to accessible ingredients adaptations.

Smuggled spices like saffron and rosewater aromatize sweet buns and confections fit for rounding a lord’s table. Heartier savory fare like chickpea lentil rolls and Italian panforte cakes sustained lengthy campaigns, while dainty pistachio shortbreads and marzipan sculpted into seasonal fruits brought cherished holiday cheer.

Detailed instructions coupled with history and context immerse readers in imagining life in the order’s 13th century heyday. Technique guides from properly toasting medieval barley malt to preparing historic styles of fruit preserves equip contemporary cooks with old world mastery. With this time-bridging volume sharing their secret recipes, the flavors and spirits of the legendary brotherhood of warrior monks live on.

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