Quick and easy recipes to help you to celebrate Beltane to the fullest! Learn how to create traditional food from scratch for your sabbat feast
3 Recipes for a Quick and Easy Beltane Feast
Hello my fellow witches, practioners, and pagans! Today I’m going to share with you three simple from scratch recipes that you can easily create for your sabbat celebration! If you don’t already know, Beltane is one of the eight sabbats on the Wheel of the Year. The fire festival of Beltane is held at the beginning of Summer, May 1st in the Northern Hemisphere and November 1st in the Southern Hemisphere. To learn more about the history of Beltane, click here! The recipe cards for the following food and drink are listed at the bottom of this article. Now let’s get to it!
Chicken & Barley Stew
This stew is an easy make it and leave it kinda dish and is the perfect main course for your Beltane feast! Because of the length of time for this stew, would recommend beginning this one first and working on the other recipes while it simmers. And while the recipe I’m sharing isn’t a vegetarian or vegan recipe, it can be easily converted using standard swaps! This recipe makes 4 large bowls of soup.
Ingredients
- 2lbs chicken breasts cut into cubes
- 4lbs butter
- 1/2 onion
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 6oz barley
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 3 3/4 cups broth of choice
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tbsp dried sage
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Melt your butter in a large saucepan or dutch oven
- Place in your chopped onion, sautee until clear, then add your garlic
- Add in your chicken, cook until golden brown
- Toss in all the ingredients except for the sage, salt, and pepper
- Bring to a boil
- Once it hits boiling, turn the temperature down and simmer for an hour
- When time is up, add the sage and season with salt and pepper to taste
- Enjoy!
Sweet Almond Bread
This biscuit-like bread is semi sweet and reminds me of a nuttier cornbread! Delicious when slathered in butter and honey or dunked in your chicken & barley stew! This recipe is one of the simplest baking recipes ever and is great for beginners. The most difficult part is finding a tube (approx 7-8oz) of almond paste! But luckily you can make if yourself using a 1:1 ratio of sliced almonds, butter, heavy cream, and sugar. Just toss in a blender and blend into oblivion. This recipe makes 6 large biscuits!
Ingredients
- 4 cups sifted flower (I use King Arthur unbleached all-purpose)
- 1/2 cup ground almonds
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tube almond paste (or diy almond paste!)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 5 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Combine ingredients into a large bowl
- Work the dough till it’s consistent with color and texture
- Roll into large balls and place on a non-greased sheet pan
- Bake for 20 min or until golden brown
- Let cool and enjoy!
Beltane Berry Sangria
One of my favorite ways to celebrate a sabbat is with a good drink and of course Beltane is no exception! This time of the year is perfect for a nice fruity sangria, and using in-season fruit for your local area is an added bonus. This beverage is very flexible, so I’ll be giving you more of a guideline than an actual recipe. Feel free to take it and run wild!
Ingredients
- 2 or 3 bottles sweet wine of choice
- white grape juice
- 1 lemon
- in-season berries of choice (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries)
Instructions
- Add your wines to a large pitcher
- Fill the pitcher the rest of the way with the grape juice
- Juice your lemon into the pitcher, careful to not let any seeds fall in
- Garnish with berries as you like
- Take a sip!
Now its Time to Feast!
I hope your Beltane feast goes amazingly and its spent with delicious food and lovely people! If you are looking for more ways to embrace the sabbat of Beltane, have a look at my 10 Easy Ways to Celebrate Beltane while in Quarantine! All of the recipe cards for your Beltane Feast are below and they include correspondences for any important ingredients for all you kitchen witches out there!
Beltane Feast Recipe Cards
Feel free to print or copy into your Kitchen Grimoire for future reference!
Chicken & Barley Beltane Stew
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
A delicious traditional, savory chicken & barley stew for your Beltane Feast! While your stew is simmering is a perfect time to make the almond bread that goes along with this recipe!
Ingredients
- 2lbs chicken breasts or shredded chicken
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1/2 onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 6 oz barley
- 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 3 3/4 cups broth of choice
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tbsp dried sage
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
1. Melt butter in your large sauce pan or dutch oven
2. Sautee onions until clear, then add garlic
3. Cut your chicken into bite-sized chunks. Then add them to the pan and cook until golden brown
4. Add in your broth, vinegar, barley, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil.
5. Once it hits boiling, turn the temperature down and let simmer for approx 1 hour
6. Add sage, salt, and pepper before serving
Notes
Correspondences:
- Chicken- Grounding, Healing, Fertility
- Onion- Protection, Prosperity
- Garlic- Cleasing, Purification, Protection
- Barley- Fertility, Love, Lust, Prosperity
- Bay- Protection, Purification
- Sage- Cleansing, Purification, Protection
Beltane Almond Bread
A semi-sweet nut based bread that is delicious with butter and honey! A must have for your Beltane Feast! Makes 6 large biscuits.
Ingredients
- 4 cups sifted flour
- 1/2 cup ground almonds
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tube almond paste or diy paste
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 5 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Combine ingredients into a large bowl
- Work the dough until it's consistent with color and texture
- Roll the dough into large balls and place on sheet pan
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown
Notes
Correspondences:
- Almonds- Abundance, Prosperity, Healing
- Cinnamon- Love, Lust, Luck, Protection
- Eggs- Fertility, Protection, Lust
Beltane Berry Sangria
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
A quick and easy sweet sangria to wash down your delicious Beltane feast! Can be made non-alcoholic, just swap wine for juice of choice. Makes a large pitcher.
Ingredients
- 2 or 3 bottles sweet wine of choice
- white grape juice
- 1 lemon
- strawberries
- raspberries
- blackberries
- blueberries
Instructions
- Add your wines to a pitcher
- Fill the pitcher the rest of the way with the grape juice
- Juice your lemon into the pitcher
- Garnish with berries as you see fit!
Notes
Correspondences:
- White Wine- Love
- Red Wine- Celebrations, Joy
- Grapes- Fertility, Prosperity
- Strawberries- Love, Lust, Luck
- Raspberries- Happiness, Love, Protection, Vigor
- Blueberries- Peace, Protection
- Blackberries-Lust, Prosperity, Protection
- Lemon- Purification, Friendship, Love
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