“Tyrion listened with half an ear as he sampled sweetcorn fritters and hot oatbread baked with bits of date, apple, and orange, and gnawed on the ribs of a wild boar.” -A Storm of Swords Oatbread Our Thoughts: This is a really fantastic bread. Each bite has a different combination of fruity filling, but the
Candied Orange Peel Our Thoughts: We made this in preparation for our Oatbread recipe, but it became a fast favorite at The Inn. It’s such an easy recipe, with impressive results. The delicious candy bites burst with orange flavor, and can be used as a garnish, or added to a wide variety of recipes including
A reader recently asked if we knew which were the favorite recipes and dishes at The Inn. We know the general top picks, but wanted to ask…
“Hizdahr had stocked their box with flagons of chilled wine and sweetwater, with figs, dates, melons, and pomegranates, with pecans and peppers and a big bowl of honeyed locusts. Strong Belwas bellowed, “Locusts!” as he seized the bowl and began to crunch them by the handful.” (Dance with Dragons) Our Thoughts: The things we do for food… As
“The kid had been roasted with lemon and honey. With it were grape leaves stuffed with a melange of raisins, onions, mushrooms, and fiery dragon peppers. ’I am not hungry,’ Arianne said…After a while, hunger weakened her resolve, so she sat and ate.” -A Feast for Crows Stuffed Grape leaves Our Thoughts: These beauties brought
“But the only sound was the wind in the fruit trees, and the only creatures in the gardens were a few pale moths. Missandei returned with a melon and a bowl of hard-cooked eggs, but Dany found she had no appetite.” (Dance with Dragons) Roman Melon and Boiled Tea Eggs Our Thoughts: We paired a Roman recipe for
“Illyrio smiled as his serving men spooned out bowls of black cherries in sweet cream for them both.” (Dance with Dragons) Black Cherries in Sweet Cream Our Thoughts: This is an easy dessert with a serious wow factor. I mean, have you seen that photo? I would totally eat this dessert. In fact, I did. The
Medieval Fig Tarts Thoughts: These are slightly addictive little morsels, and with good reason. Take a fruit as tasty and decadent as figs, dice them, spice them, put them in buttery pastry, then fry them? Yes. The unique spice forte mix gives the tarts a really unexpected bite without interfering with the innate sweetness of
Modern Beet Soup “Sweet beets were grown in profusion hereabouts, and were served with almost every meal. The Volantenes made a cold soup of them, as thick and rich as purple honey.” -A Dance with Dragons Thoughts: The Roman recipe is the stranger of the two, and more rustic. The vegetables, especially the leeks, don’t quite puree
Medieval Cream of Wheat “Or even better, to wake in Castle Black behind the Wall and go to the common room for a bowl of Three-Finger Hobb’s thick cream of wheat, with a big spoon of butter melting in the middle and a dollop of honey besides. Just the thought of it made his empty