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*~Recipes of the Shire~*
*~Recipes of the Shire~*
Here are some Middle-Earthen recipes submitted from some of our members.
I haven't tried all of these yet, but if you have, tell me how they came out and how difficult they were to make so I can give each one a scale.
*~LEMBAS RECIPE~*
Ingredients
6 TBSP honey butter, softened (recipe available in Elven Eatery)
2 cups selfrising flour
2 TBSP granulated sugar
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
1 egg, well beaten
1/2 cup milk
4 TBSP heavy cream
Mallorn leaves for storing (optional)
Instructions
With a pastry blender or fork, stir honey butter into the flour in a mixing bowl until the mixture resembles cornmeal. Do this rapidly so the butter does not melt. Add sugar and if desired, 1/2 cup of raisins. (key words being "if desired" here)
In a small bowl, beat the egg and milk together until mixed. Reserve 2 TBSP of this mixture to brush the tops of the lembas.(hint: you dont need to save alot of the mixture for this, it goes a long way.) Add the cream and egg mixture to the flour and mix just until combined into a stiff, soft dough.
Knead three or four times on a lightly floured surface. Roll dough to a 3/4" thickness and cut with an oval or leaf shaped cookie cutter.(note: I dont know who made this recipe, but lembas are neither oval nor leaf shaped. When I make lembas, I always cut them in a square with a knife, like shown in the movies.) Place on a lightly greased baking sheet or stone, leaving 1" of space between lembas. Brush the tops of the lembas with the reserved egg-milk mixture.
Bake for 12-13 minutes in a preheated 400 degree (Farenheit) oven.
For safe keeping, wrap each lembas individually in a fresh, clean Mallorn leaf. If these leaves are unavailable in your area, store the lembas in a tightly closed container. (hint: don't try using normal leaves from your backyard, they aren't as clean and fresh as fallen Mallorn leaves)
Makes about 1 1/2 dozen lembas.
Ok, now for the fun part. Fun with lembas! Now that you know what lembas is, if you didnt before, you can finally agree with these great ideas for eating lembas!
1. Just like its main purpose, Lembas is for travelling folk who dont want to carry heavy food or pans with them, and just want a food that tastes good and keeps them going. Lembas does just that.
2. Now I dont know how else you could get real Mallorn leaves for containing the lembas, but this is a interesting idea I had. You could like sew fake Mallorn leaves with green fabric and stuff(like a potholder or something) and like put velcro on the fake leaves' tips and then put the lembas inside and it'd look like real Mallorn wrappings! LOL.
3. Ok, to be like a real life Elf, you could take lembas with you everywhere! Just make a little lembas luggage bag(I'd make it Elven looking with embroidered vines and stuff) and carry your lembas around in it with you wherever you go! Then, if you happen to get stranded or have to go hiking in the woods or whatever , you'll be prepared with your own source of edible Elvish waybread! Everyone will want some, because of course, youll all be starving if your stranded or something, and everyone will love your tasty, Middle Earth snack!
****OK, this one I have tried...and...I don't even know why I am posting it. It tastes HORRIBLE. My best friend's dog wouldn't even eat it. Attempt if you dare. I spent a good amount of money on ingredients and is WAS NOT worth it!!****
*~LEMBAS RECIPE~*
3 eggs
1 cup honey (preferrably wild honey)
1 tablespoon grated orange peel (GROSS) or three kumquats or one large finger of a hand of Buddha. (what the heck is that?)
2 teaspoons orange flower water(optional) (eew)
3 oz blanched almonds (BLANCHED!! I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!!)
1/4 cup melted butter
2-1/4 cups semolina flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Place eggs, honey, orange peel or other fruit, orange flower water, and almonds in blender. Blend on high for 3 minutes. Add 1 cup of the flour. Blend for 1 minute. Scrape into a bowl and add remaining flour and salt. Whisk or stir until well blended. Bake lembas on a pizzelle or krumkake iron 15 seconds each or until lightly brown. You may substitute a waffle iron but add a teaspoon of baking powder. The texture will not be quite accurate in a waffle iron.
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