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 (or Urchins, Yrchouns) An ancient dish of a pig stomach filled with spiced pork, coloured and stuck over with spit almonds to imitate a sea-urchin or hedgehog. The spelling ‘Yrchin’ is found in Hartley 1954 Compare with Almond Hedgehog  Original Receipt in ‘The Forme of Cury‘ by the Chief Master-Cook of King Richard II, c1390 (Cury 1390)HERT ROWEE [1]. XX.VIII. XVI. Take þer mawe of þe grete Swyne. and fyfe oþer sex of pigges mawe. fyll hem full of þe self fars. & sowe hem fast, perboile hem. take hem up & make smale prews [2] of gode past and frye hem. take þese prews yfryed & seeþ [3] hem þicke in þe mawes on þe fars made after [4] an urchoun withoute legges. put hem on a spyt & roost hem & colour hem with safroun & messe hem forth. [1] Hert rowee. Contents, Hart rows; perhaps from heart. [2] prews. Qu. V. in Gloss. [3] seeþ. There is a fault here; it means stick. [4] after, i. e. like. Original Receipt in the 15th Century ‘Austin Manuscripts’ (Austin 1440)xx. Yrchouns – Take Piggis mawys, & skalde hem wel; take groundyn Porke, & knede it with Spicerye, with pouder Gyngere, & Salt & Sugre; do it on þe mawe, but fille it nowt to fulle; þen sewe hem with a fayre þrede, & putte hem in a Spete as men don piggys; take blaunchid Almaundys, & kerf hem long, smal, & scharpe, & frye hem in grece & sugre; take a litel prycke, & prykke þe yrchons, An putte in þe holes þe Almaundys, every hole half, & eche fro oþer; ley hem þen to þe fyre; when þey ben rostid, dore hem sum wyth Whete Flowre, & mylke of Almaundys, sum grene, sum blake with Blode, & lat hem nowt browne to moche, & serue forth. Receipt from unknown source supplied by St Albans Museum http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.ukUrchins (Urchin is the medieval name for hedgehogs) 1kg minced pork 2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon each salt and pepper 55 grams blanched slivered almonds a few currants thin flour and water paste coloured with food colouring Mix the pork with the spices. Knead well and shape into balls about the size and shape of a large hen’s egg. Spike each ball with enough slivered almonds to make them look like a hedgehog and press 2 currants into each ball for eyes. Bake them in a medium oven for about 25-30 minutes until they are a nice shade of brown. Take them out of the oven and paint them with the food colouring. Put them back in the oven for about 5 minutes to finish off.  |
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