Beltane recipes

 

A huge part of any holiday is the food. Everyone loves that special dish that only gets made during the holidays; stuffing on thanksgiving, frosted sugar cookies on Christmas, etc. Today I'm going to give some recipes for Beltane. Beltane is on the 30th this year.

  Go ahead and try these wonderful recipes, comment what you think of them :)

 

Fried Honeycakes

 

These cakes were left in the garden to please Faery visitors. If you plan to leave an offering to the Faery, double the recipe to keep some for your family. They're scrumptious.

 

 

• 1/2 cup sweet white wine
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup honey
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• Oil for frying
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

 

 Beat the wine & egg in a medium bowl. Combine the flour, cinnamon, salt & sugar in a small bowl. Stir into the egg mixture. Let stand 30 minutes. Combine the honey & nutmeg in a small bowl.

 

Heat 1/2-inch of the oil 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.

 

 

 

Dandelion Salad

 

 

 

• 1/2 pound torn dandelion greens
• 1/2 red onion, chopped
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• salt and pepper to taste

 In a medium bowl, toss together dandelion greens, red onion, and tomatoes. Season with basil, salt, and pepper.

 Makes 4 servings

 

 

Strawberry Cookies

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 1/2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• red and green food coloring

 

 

Cream the sugar and shortening until fluffy, on medium speed if using an electronic mixer. Beat in egg, milk, zest, and extract. Sift flour and powder together in a bowl and gradually add to the other mix. Wrap dough in plastic and chill for 1 hour.

 

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Half dough and put the other half back in the fridge. Form dough into flattened balls and roll to 1/8 inch on a floured surface. Using strawberry-shaped cookie cutter, cut out cookies, and cut out little indentations like strawberry seeds if desired.

 

Put 1 tablespoon of water into each of two dishes and add a few drops of each color of food coloring. Paint the cookies with a paintbrush using the colors, making the body of the strawberry red and the stem and leaves green. Bake them on an ungreased cookie sheet for 8 minutes, then cool on racks. Repeat the process with the other half of the dough.

 

Yield: 5 dozen

 

SAVORY CHEESE SCONES

 

 

• 2 cups Flour
• 2 teaspoons Baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1/8 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 cups Grated cheddar cheese
• 3 Tablespoons Parmesan cheese
• 1/3 cup Butter
• 1/3 cup Milk
• 2 Eggs

 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Combine all dry ingredients, stir in cheeses and toss well. Cut in butter. Combine eggs and milk, add to flour mixture and gently knead to form a stiff dough. Cut dough ball into halves and pat each half into an 8" diameter, 1/2" thick circle. Cut into wedges, place wedges on a baking sheet and bake 15 to 17 minutes, until lightly browned.

 

 

 

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