moretum
Sign in to saveMoretum is an herb cheese spread that the Ancient Romans ate with bread. A typical moretum was made of herbs, cheese (typically ricotta), salt, oil, and vinegar. Optionally, different kinds of nuts could be added. The ingredients were crushed together in a mortar, for which the dish is named.
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- Moretum in the mortar
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- Ancient Rome
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- Spread
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- Herbs, fresh cheese, salt, oil, vinegar
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Moretum is an herb cheese spread that the Ancient Romans ate with bread. A typical moretum was made of herbs, cheese (typically ricotta), salt, oil, and vinegar. Optionally, different kinds of nuts could be added. The ingredients were crushed together in a mortar, for which the dish is named.
== Recipes == A recipe for Moretum was handed down in a Latin poem of 122 dactylic hexameters attributed to Virgil under the title Moretum in the so-called Appendix Vergiliana. It describes, as a parody of the exaggerated praise of rural life, how a simple farmer begins his day's work; the centrepiece is the preparation of moretum for breakfast.
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