MOON LETTERS : RECIPES
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Lembas
- submitted by Robin C. Poe
What Tolkien says about Lembas
-They contain honey
-they are light-colored on the inside and light brown crust
-they are thin and regular-shaped. This implies they were made on
some kind of griddle iron.
The closest modern equivalent is a Krumkake iron. I used a pizzelle
iron

Some other things we can guess.
They contain the fruit and maybe the flower-water of the Mallorn
tree. I substituted oranges,
although kumquats or a hand of Buddha fruit might be better.
They probably had some kind of finely ground light-colored nut in
them. I used almonds.
They contained some kind of nourishing flour. I used semolina
flour, which is a more primitive
flour, and also more nourishing.
Galadriel probably used some kind of grinder to refine the
ingredients. I used a blender.

The recipe:
3 eggs
1 cup honey (preferably wild honey)
1 tablespoon grated orange peel or three kumquats or one large
finger of a hand of Buddha.
2 teaspoons orange flower water (optional)
3 oz blanched almonds
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.


<br><br><i>A Elbereth Gilthoniel,
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, sínef aearon!</i>

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