Using spices that I’d never heard of, I recreate the Hippocras recipe from The Forme of Cury. Served hot or cold, this spiced wine is a treat year round.
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LINKS TO INGREDIENTS & TOOLS**
Conical Coffee Filter:
Cinnamon Sticks:
Galangal:
Cloves:
Long Pepper:
Grains of Paradise:
Nutmeg:
Marjoram:
Cardamom:
Spikenard:
LINKS TO SOURCES**
The Forme of Cury:
To The King’s Taste by Lorna J. Sass:
The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan:
The Trial of Gilles de Rais by George Bataille:
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MENTIONED LINKS
The Four Humors:
HIPPOCRAS
ORIGINAL 14TH CENTURY RECIPE (From The Forme of Cury)
Pur Fait Ypocras Treys unces de canell & iii unces de gyngenuer, spykenard de spayn le pays dun denerer, garyngale, clowes gylofre, poeurer long, noiez mugadez, maziozame, cardomonij de chescun i quart’ douce grayne & de paradys, flour de queynel, de chescun dm unce de toutes soit fait powdour, &c.
To Make Hippocras: Three ounces of cinnamon and three ounces of ginger, spikenard of Spain the size of a denier (or small french coin). Galangal, cloves, long pepper, nutmeg, marjoram, cardamom, a quarter ounce. 1/10th ounce Grains of paradise and powdered cinnamon, etc.
MODERN RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
– 2 Bottles Red or White Wine
– 1 ounce (28g) of cinnamon sticks
– 1 ounce (28g) of fresh ginger slices
– ¼ Teaspoon spikenard root
– 1 Teaspoon galangal
– 1 Teaspoon cloves
– 1 Teaspoon Long pepper
– 1 Teaspoon Nutmeg
– 1 Teaspoon Marjoram
– 1 Teaspoon Cardamom
– ½ Teaspoon Grains of Paradise
– ½ Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
METHOD
1. Pour the wine into a large pitcher. Grind your spices and mix them into the wine. Cover the container and let sit for 1 to 2 days.
2. Pour the wine into another pitcher through a coffee filter or jelly bag to remove any spices*. Serve wine warm, cold, or at room temperature.
*The remaining spices can be used in stews, sauces, or to make soap.
PHOTO CREDITS
Apicius: By Bonho1962 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Roman Wine: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany / CC BY-SA (
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Weinachtsmarkt: Chistiane Tubbesing, Göttingen / CC BY-SA (
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