Beltane (May 1)

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Samhain - Yule - Imbolc - Ostara - Beltane - Litha - Lammas - Mabon

Food and Drink of Beltane: Beltane cakes, cherries, dairy, green herbal salads, honey,
nuts, oats/oatmeal cakes, red fruits, red or pink wine punch, sweets, and strawberries

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Beltane Cake Beltane
Passion
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Cookies
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 nut nutmeg, freshly grated ¾ cup
1 teaspoon ground cardamom unsalted butter
1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 cup brown
6 ounces unsweetened chocolate sugar
3/4 cup milk 1 egg
1/2 cup brandy ¼ cup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract molasses
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh grated ginger 1¾ cups whole
1 ounce damiana extract grain flour
1 1/2 cups butter ½ tsp. salt
1 lb dark brown sugar 3 tsp. ground
6 eggs cinnamon
1 5/8 cup amaretto liqueur 1½ tsp. ground
cocoa powder cloves
5 tsp.
1 Have all ingredients at room temperature.2 Preheat oven to 350 powdered
degrees F. 3 Grease a large bundt pan. 4 Melt chocolate in a ginger
double boiler or microwave then set aside to cool. 5 In a small bowl ⅛ tsp.
mix milk, brandy, vanilla extract, ginger and damiana extract. 6 In a granulated
large bowl, cream the butter. 7 Add the brown sugar to the butter 2 tsp. baking
and beat until fluffy. 8 Beat the eggs, one at a time, into the butter soda
mixture. 9 When the chocolate has cooled to body temperature, mix ½ cup
it into the butter mixture. 10 Alternately add the flour mixture and crystallized
milk mixture to the butter mixture in small amounts at a time. 11 ginger,
Bake for 2 hours, or until done (knife test). 12 Let the cake cool for coarsely
20 minutes, then remove from pan. 13 Allow the cake to cool fully, chopped
then invert it into a bowl that is just large enough to hold it, but no (optional)
larger. 14 Pierce the cake bottom (now on top) in several (8-10)
places with a skewer, being careful not to go all the way through. 15 Preheat the
Pour about 1/5th of the amaretto over the cake. When it has all oven to 350°.
been absorbed, add another 1/5th of the amaretto. Continue until all Line a cookie
of the amaretto has been absorbed by the cake. This will take at sheet with
least several hours. Keep the bowl covered during this time. 16 parchment
When all of the amaretto has been absorbed, gently invert the cake paper. Using a
onto a plate. The cake is soaked with amaretto, thus every bump or hand mixer,
brush will leave a scar, so treat it delicately. 17 Dust the cake with cream the
cocoa powder until there is a layer of dry powder (the first butter with the
applications will soak up moisture). 18 Keep the cake covered until sugar then
serving. It will get better if you wait 8-24 hours, but can be eaten beat in the egg
immediately. 19 This cake is very rich and intensely flavorful, so and molasses.
serve small slices. Also, you might want to let guests know that it Sift all the dry
contains a fair amount of alcohol. ingredients
into a medium
bowl, then stir
into the wet
batter. Add
crystallized
ginger. Roll
batter into 1
2/4
 inch balls and
dip one side
into granulated
sugar. Place
sugar side up
on baking
sheet, about 3
inches apart.
Bake 10 to 12
minutes. Cool
on wire rack.

Chicken Barley Stew with Herbs Farls

3 cups real mashed potatoes

2 cups dry oats
2-3 LB chicken breasts on the bone 2 tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons Butter 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
1 LB leeks (3-4 large ones, 4-5 little ones) thickly 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
cut. May substitute onions 1/8 teaspoon salt
4 cloves garlic, chopped fine Pinch of pepper
6 oz barley Pinch rosemary
3 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
3 3/4 cups water Soak oats in warm water for
2 bay leaves 15 minutes until soft and
1 Tablespoon dried sage swollen. Mix them with all
other ingredients in a large
Comment: This is originally an Anglo-Saxon recipe. bowl. Knead until mixture is
The original calls for rabbit, but chicken is just as like thick dough. Make patties,
good. fry in hot oil until brown. Serve
In a large Dutch Oven, melt the butter, then fry the immediately.
leeks and garlic in the butter. Add the chicken and
brown. Add remaining ingredients, reserving the
sage. Bring to a boil, then reduce and simmer for 1
to 1-1/2 hours. Remove chicken from pot and let
cool. Remove meat from bones and add back to the
pot. Add sage. Stir well and serve. Serves 8

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Fried Honeycakes May Day Maple Hearth Bread

These cakes were left in 1 envelope active dry yeast

the garden to please 1/3 cup real maple syrup
Faery visitors. If you 1/4 cup warm water (105ºF-115ºF)
plan to leave an offering 3 cups flour
to the Faery, double the 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
recipe to keep some for 1 tablespoon baking powder
your family. They're 1/2 teaspoon salt
scrumptious. 1/4 cup shortening

1/2 cup sweet white Dissolve the yeast in the water. Mix 1 1/2 cups of the flour
wine with the brown sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in
2 tablespoons sugar shortening. Add the syrup to the yeast mix and let the
1 egg syrup dissolve too. Now add yeast mix to the flour mix;
1 cup honey stir. Add flour until dough is easy to handle. Turn onto a
2/3 cup flour floured surface and knead for 1 minute. Cover and let rise
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg for 15 minutes. Form into round, place on cookie sheet.
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon Let rise in a warm spot for 30 minutes.
Oil for frying
1/8 teaspoon salt Preheat oven to 350ºF. Slice pleasing image into bread
top. Bake for 30 minutes. Bread is done when it sounds
Beat the wine & egg in a hollow when tapped. Loaf can be brushed with syrup or
medium bowl. Combine butter during last 5 minutes of baking.
the flour, cinnamon, salt
& sugar in a small bowl. Note: This bread is quite dry without something to moisten
Stir into the egg mixture. it, so definitely serve it with butter. Also, your bread will
Let stand 30 minutes. have trouble rising if the syrup is too cold! Warm up the
Combine the honey & syrup if it has been in the refrigerator, it should be room
nutmeg in a small bowl. temperature or warmer.

Heat 1/2-inch of the oil Yield: 1 loaf

in a frying pan until hot,
but not smoking. Drop
the batter into the oil 1
tablespoon at a time; fry
until golden brown. Drain
on paper towels. Dip into
the honey.

Yield: 1 1/2 Dozen.

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