ISICIA OMENTATA (a kind of Roman Burgers)

Isicia Omentata

Isicia omentata: pulpam concisam teres cum medulla siliginei in vino infusi. piper, liquamen, si velis, et bacam myrtam extenteratam simul conteres. pusilla isicia formabis, intus nucleis et pipere positis. involuta omento subassabis cum caroeno.
Translation:
Finely cut pulp of pork is ground with the hearts of winterwheat and diluted with wine. Flavor lightly with pepper and broth and if you like add a moderate quantity of myrtle berries also crushed, and after you have added crushed nuts and pepper shape the forcemeat into small rolls, wrap these in caul, fry, and serve with wine gravy.

(Apicius, 2, 1, 7)  

Ingredients: 

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500g minced meat

1 French roll, soaked in white wine 

1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper 

50ml Liquamen 

(can be replaced by 

1/2 tsp salt and a little white wine) 

some stone-pine kernels 

green peppercorns

a little Caroenum 

Baking foil  

Instructions: 

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Mix minced meat with the soaked french roll. 

Ground spices and mix into the meat. 

Form small burgers and put pine kernels and peppercorns into them. 

Put them into baking foil and grill them together with Caroenum.

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/ant-rom-coll.html#3