RECIPES FOR THE SABBATS


CRESCENT CAKES

1 cup firmly ground almonds
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
2 drops almond extract
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 egg yolk

Combine almonds, flour, sugar and extract until thoroughly mixed. With the 
hands, work in butter and egg yolk until well-blended. Chill dough. Preheat oven 
to 325 degrees F.  Pinch off pieces of  dough about the size of walnuts and 
shape into crescents. Place on greased sheets and bake for about 20 minutes. 
Serve during Simple Feast, especially at Esbats.


BELTANE MARIGOLD CUSTARD

2 cups milk
1 cup unsprayed marigold petals
1/4 tsp. salt
3 tbsp. sugar
1 to 2-inch piece vanilla bean
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1/8 tsp. allspice
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. rose water
whipped cream

Using a clean mortar and pestle reserved for cooking purposes, pound marigold  
petals. Or, crush with a spoon. Mix the salt, sugar and spices together. Scald 
milk with the marigolds and the vanilla bean. Remove the vanilla bean and add 
the slightly beaten yolks and dry ingredients. Cook on low heat. When the 
mixture  coats a spoon, add rose water and cool.
              
Top with whipped cream, garnish with fresh marigold petals.
SOFT MEAD

1 quart water, preferably spring water
1 cup honey
1 sliced lemon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg

Boil together all ingredients in a non-metallic pot. While boiling, scrape off 
the rising "scum" with a wooden spoon. When no more rises add the following:

pinch salt
juice of 1/2 lemon

Strain and cool. Drink in place of  alcoholic mead or wine during the Simple 
Feast.



BEVERAGES

If you wish to avoid the use of wine, which has long been utilized in religious 
and  magickal rites, there are many other beverages that can be used to toast 
the Goddess  and God. These include (but certainly aren't limited to):

Sabbats: apple juice, grape  juice, grapefruit  juice, orange juice,  pineapple 
juice, black tea, soft mead, guava nectar, cinnamon coffee, ginger tea, hibiscus 
tea

Esbats:  lemonade, apricot nectar, mango nectar, pear  nectar, papaya nectar, 
peach nectar,  jasmine tea, peppermint tea, rosebud tea, milk