14^th Century: Blancmange

The original recipe reproduced below is the earliest in the English language. It uses capon meat, almonds, rice, sugar and salt. The blancmange was then decorated with red comfits: probably candied or dried fruits, such as dried pomegranate seeds, and roasted almonds.

Blank maunger. Tak capouns and seeth hem thenne tak hem up, take almaundes blaunched, grynde hem & alye hem up with the same broth, cast the mylke in a pot, waysche rys & do therto & lat is