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Marrow Tarts

Game and Offal
Historic

Cream, yolks, sugar, spices, wine with biscuits, bone marrow and peel, "stir it on the fire till it becomes thick" then, and when it is cold put it into a dish with puff-paste, then bake it gently in a slow oven (Moxon 1764)


Original Receipt in 'English Housewifry' by Elizabeth Moxon, 1764 (Moxon 1764)

171. To make MARROW TARTS.
To a quart of cream put the yolks of twelve eggs, half a pound of sugar, some beaten mace and cinnamon, a little salt and some sack, set it on the fire with half a pound of biskets, as much marrow, a little orange-peel and lemon-peel; stir it on the fire till it becomes thick, and when it is cold put it into a dish with puff-paste, then bake it gently in a slow oven.



For other marrow dishes, see: Bone Marrow




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