Pullum Frontonianum

Pullum frontonianum (chicken a la Fronto) is a dish from ancient Rome, found in Apicius, a cookbook from ancient Rome from the 4th or early 5th century, which allegedly written by Marcus Gavius Apicius. This is a fried chicken dish.

Ingredients

 * 1 fresh chicken (approx. 1-1.5 kg)
 * 100ml oil
 * 200ml liquamen
 * 1 branch of leek
 * Fresh dill, saturei, coriander, pepper to taste
 * A little bit of defrutum

Method

 * 1) Start to fry chicken and season with a mixture of liquamen and oil, together with bunches of dill, leek, saturei and fresh coriander.
 * 2) Cook approximately 1 hour with 220°C in the oven.
 * 3) When the chicken is done, moisten a plate with defrutum, put chicken on it, sprinkle pepper on it, and serve.