Peeled garlic cloves, boiled in water and oil, served sprinkled with saffron, salt and spices. The name may mean 'pacified by water'.


Original Receipt in 'The Forme of Cury' by the Chief Master-Cook of King Richard II, c1390 (Cury 1390)

AQUAPATYS.
Peel garlic and cast it in a pot with water and oile, and seethe it, do thereto saffron, salt, and powder fort and dresse it forth hole.