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#AdventCalendar – Day 12: The Brawn

A traditional Chinese restaurant that has recently opened here in Milan has a section of the menu that lists “dishes we know you won’t order, but we put them on anyway”. I guess that would be a good subtitle for this post because, continuing my research on the traditional Tudor dishes for a historically accurate Christmas, an all-time favourite is the brawn.
More than a favourite, it’s an evergreen as it’s mentioned throughout at least three centuries, from Tudor’s kitchens to Jane Austen.
And it’s today’s recipe on my Patreon.
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