To make a tarte of cheries

PERIOD: England, 1545 | SOURCE: A Propre new booke of Cokery | CLASS: Authentic

DESCRIPTION: A recipe for making a cherry tart

To make a tarte of cheries.

Take al thynges that ye do to the tart of dampsons / so that ye put no Perys thereto.

To make a tart of cherries.

Take all things that you do to the tart of damsons / so that you put no pears thereto.

Follow the recipe for To make a tarte of damsons, substituting cherries for the damson plums and omitting the pears.