original text from about A.D. 1390
Tart de Bry
—Take a Crust ynche depe in a trape. take zolkes of Ayren rawe & chese ruayn. & medle it & þe zolkes togyder. and do þerto powdour gyngur. sugur. safroun. and salt. do it in a trape, bake it and serue it forth.
Modern English
Tart de Brie
(Brie the province)
—Take a crust an inch deep in a vessel (line the vessel an inch deep with pastry). Take raw egg yolks and ruayn cheese (cheese made from later season milk, not the same as Brie as it is too soft to grate, see loseyns) and mix this and the yolks together. Add to this, powdered ginger, sugar, saffron and salt and pour this into the crust then bake it and serve it forth.
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