Moretum

Moretum

Moretum

Herb cheese spread

Moretum is an herb cheese spread that the Ancient Romans ate with bread.[1] A typical moretum was made of herbs, fresh cheese, 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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Recipes

A recipe can be found in the poem of the same name

in the Appendix Vergiliana.[2] De re rustica, book XII of Columella contains further recipes for moretum. The variant with pine nuts is considered to be a precursor of pesto.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Grant, Mark (1999). Roman Cookery: Ancient Recipes for Modern Kitchens. London: Serif. ISBN 1-897959-39-7.
  2. [2]
    "Appendix Vergiliana in English translation".
  3. [3]
    Scarpato, Rosario. "Pesto Genovese: an Ageless Benchmark of Great Italian Cuisine". Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
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