Translation of a 16th century Italian Recipe.
From Christoforo di Messisbugo, Banchetti composizioni di vivande e apparecchio generale (Lucio Spineda, Venice, 1610)
p100v Pieno per empire capretti, o agnelli, o porchette, o paueri, o pollami. (Filling for stuffing goat, or lamb, or pork, or goslings, or poultry).
Take the liver of these animals, and grind it with raisins, hard cheese, and a little sugar, and spices, herbs, oil, and egg yolks, and taf, and salt, and grind all these things together and if you want to put in garlic, making sure to make it a little beaten, and cherries, and fennel, and prunes, and a little whole raises, or dry raisins, whichever you prefer, and governing yourself which sort of these animals you would prefer to roast, and the occasion of the time.