Traditional Beltane foods include Beltane Cakes, doughnuts, cookies, fresh fruits (particularly red fruits), herb salads, honey, custard, mead, and wine punch.

Beltane Cream Pie

from Sabbats by Edain McCoy

1 Cup Whole Milk

1 Cup Whipping Cream

1/2 Cup real Butter

3 Tbl Cornstarch

1 1/2 Cup Sugar

1 1/4 tsp Vanilla

Freshly ground nutmeg

Prepared pie crust - baked.

Directions

1. Melt butter in a wide pan.

2. Add milk to cornstarch, making sure it is fully dissolved.

3. Add this mixture and all other ingredients (except vanilla) to cooking pan.

4. Stir constantly until mixture becomes thick.

5. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

6. Pour mixture into pie shell and sprinkle with nutmeg.

7. Pie may be eaten warm after it sets or chillled and eaten later.

May Bowl

from Wheel of the Year by Pauline Campanelli

The May Bowl, with white blossoms, green leaves, and red strawberries floating in the clear white wine is a visual treat. Its distinctive flavor used for Beltane rites can induce the subtle shift in consciousness that is so vital to Pagan ritual.

Several springs of Sweet woodruff (which blooms on May Day and is sacred to the Goddess)

2 bottle sweet white wine

2 Cups strawberry wine OR 1 Cup strawberry liquor

Sugar to taste

1 - 2 Cups fresh strawberries

Directions

1. Place Sweet Woodruff in clear glass Punch bowl.

2. Pour white wine over woodruff.

3. APour Strawberry liquid over woodruff.

4. Add sugar to taste.

5. Add Fresh strawberries.

Good Fairy Pudding

24 Eggs

1 1/4 Cups Confectioner's Sugar

2 1/2 Sweet White Wine

1/2 stick Cinnamon

3 Whole Cloves

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

2. Beat eggs well and set aside..

3. Boil sugar, wine, cinnamon & cloves together for 5 minutes.

4. Remove spices, then press the egg mixture through a strainer .

5. Blend sugar mixture with egg mixture.

6. Pour into custard cups and place cups in a baking dish.

7. Pourboiling water into baking dish until water is 1" up the sides of cups.

8. Bake 55 minutes. The custard is done when a skewer stuck into the custard comes out clean.