Ancient Roman Placenta Honey Cheesecake Ancient Dessert

Today we prepare an ancient Roman dessert. A flavorful layered cheesecake, sweetened with honey, prepared with a very interesting technique. This cheesecake is named placenta in Latin, from ancient Greek plakous, which means cake, and the recipe is taken from Cato s agricultural book. It was one of the most popular ancient Roman cakes and it gave the name to the profession of pastry maker, placentarius. Ingredients: spelt white wheat flour honey fresh sheep cheese bay laurel leaves olive oil salt For more info check out our blog: If you liked the music on this video check our music and art channel: Music by Lilium Aeris Andrea Tuffanelli tympanum Serena Fiandro flute Kalliopeia Sopha Mesomedes of Crete 2nd century AD , ancientromanrecipe, ancientromanfood, placenta, cheesecake