Saturnalian Must Cakes: Mustacei

Io Saturnalia!

Background: Mustacei or Saturnalian Must Cakes, are a sweet treat hailing from the Latium Empire eaten during the Festival of Saturnalia. Saturnalia is devoted to Saturn, the God of Time, Agriculture, and Plenty and hearkens back to the Golden Age of Humanity where Gods, Peasants and Kings lived side-by-side. Saturnalia is celebrated by laughing, drinking of Spicewine, and feasting for all walks of life. 

The Merriment of Saturnalia

Ingredients:

• 500 Grams of Wheat Flour

• 300 Milliliters of Grape Must 

• 7 Grams of Aniseed

• 6 Grams of Cymin

• 6 Grams of Canella

• 70 Grams of Grated Ovinum Cheese 

• 100 Grams of Lard

• Bay Leaves

• Salt

• Olive Oil

Instructions:

Add the Grape Must into a small cauldron and heat over a fire for a fortminute until the Must begins to froth. Remove thusly from the fire and set aside. 

Make a dough from the flour, aniseed, cymin, and canella until a crumbling texture is acquired. 

Unite the Grape Must with the dough and knead henceforth for a quarter-hour. 

If dough is too dry, add water, if too wet, add flour thusly. 

Make the form of small spheres from the dough and lay upon a platter, brush with olive oil. 

Flatten the spheres with palm or pin into discs, anoint each cake with a single bay leaf and a pinch of salt. 

Bake in an oven for a forty-five minutes.