An

Unexpected
Party
recipes from bilbo baggins’ pantry

bryton taylor
inliterature.net
 Copyright 2016 Bryton Taylor. All rights reserved.

All content provided in this document is for informational

purposes only. We make no representations as to the accuracy
or completeness of any information or found by following
any link. We are not liable for any errors or omissions in this
information nor for the availability of this information. We
are not be liable for any losses, injuries, or damages from the
display or use of this information.

Due to variations in ingredients, humidity, altitude, cooking

temperatures, typos, errors, omissions, or individual cooking
abilities, the outcome of any recipe you try is your responsibility
and we cannot be held accountable for any errors that occur.
Please use common sense when cooking.

This document is unofficial and is not approved or licensed by

the J.R.R.Tolkien estate, The Saul Zaentz Company, Middle
Earth Enterpirses, or New Line Cinemas.

Aniron font by Pete Klassen.

If this was forwarded by a friend, make sure you visit InLiterature.net and subscribe to our newsletter for free
downloadables and literary inspiration.
“Come along in, and have some tea!” he managed to say after taking a deep breath.

‘A little beer would suit me better, if it is all the same to you, my good sir,” said Balin with the
white beard.

-The Hobbit- Chapter 1, An Unexpected Party, J.R.R. Tolkien

And so Bilbo’s evening begins. Whether you’re celebrating Hobbit Day or hosting a movie
night, here’s a few recipes to whip up and keep stored in your pantry for any guests that decide
to arrive unexpectedly. During this particular party, the following foods are served in the book.

tea
beer (ale and porter)
coffee
cakes including seed-cake
buttered scones
raspberry jam
apple tart
mince-pies
cheese
pork-pie
salad
eggs
cold chicken
pickles

If this was forwarded by a friend, make sure you visit InLiterature.net and subscribe to our newsletter for free
downloadables and literary inspiration.
 Seed Cake
“But I don’t mind some cake – seed-cake, if you have any.”

“Lots!” Bilbo found himself answering, to his surprise; and he found himself scuttling off, too,
to the cellar to fill a pint beer-mug, and then to a pantry to fetch two beautiful round seed-cakes
which he had baked that afternoon for his after-supper morsel.

Instructions Ingredients
Take the egg whites and egg yolks and beat them together in a 2 egg white
mixer. 5 egg yolks
Mix in the butter, rose water, and brandy. 1 cup | 250g butter
Grate in the lemon rind and sift in the flour and white sugar. 1/4 tsp | 1.25ml rose water
Set your mixer on medium speed for 5-10 minutes until the 45ml brandy
mixture is fluffy and plae in colour. 1/4 lemon rind, grated
Stir in the caraway seeds and candied peel. 1 3/4 cup | 210g plain flour
Butter a round pan, scoop cake mixture in and bake in ‘a quick 3/4 cup |150g white sugar
oven’. A quick oven is a pre-heated oven at about ~200oC/ 3 tbsp | 20g caraway seeds
390-400oF. If using fan forced, reduce the heat by 10 degrees. 1/4 cup | 40-45g candied peel
When a wooden skewer is pushed into the middle and comes
out clean, the cake is done.

Notes
This Hobbit seed cake recipe was created by deciphering and reducing from ‘English
Housewifery Exemplified; In above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts Giving Directions for
most Parts of Cookery’ by Elizabeth Moxon (printed in 1764) and can be found at http://www.
gutenberg.org/ebooks/10072

If this was forwarded by a friend, make sure you visit InLiterature.net and subscribe to our newsletter for free
downloadables and literary inspiration.
 Buttered Scones
A big jug of coffee had just been set in the hearth, the seed-cakes were gone, and the dwarves
were starting on a round of buttered scones, when there came- a loud knock.

Instructions Ingredients
Sift together flour, castor sugar, bicarb soda and cream of tartar. 1 1/2 cups | 187g plain flour
Rub in butter. 1 tsp | 4g castor sugar
Add in buttermilk bit by bit until a ‘spongy’ dough is formed. 1/2 tsp | 2.5g bicarb soda
1/2 tsp | 2.5g cream of tartar
Knead the dough on a floured surface, before rolling it out. 3 tbsp | 40g butter
Cut into circles, or tear off and roll into balls and flatten slightly. 3/4 cup | 177ml buttermilk
Bake at 200oC | 392oF for 10 minutes.

Notes
To make buttermilk, take just less than one cup of milk and stir in 1 tbsp of white vinegar. Let sit
for 5 minutes before using.

If this was forwarded by a friend, make sure you visit InLiterature.net and subscribe to our newsletter for free
downloadables and literary inspiration.
 Raspberry Jam
“And raspberry jam and apple tart,” said Bifur.

Instructions Ingredients
In a saucepan, add in raspberries, white sugar and lemon 2 cups | 250g raspberries
juice, over high heat. 1 cup | 220g white sugar
Stir with a wooden spoon, keeping the mixture moving 1 tsp | 5ml lemon juice
so it doesn’t burn.
Slowly it’ll break down and mix together, and come to a
boil.
Keep it boiling, stirring slowly, for about 10-15 minutes.
By this point it should be thicker.
Turn off the stove, place the jam into clean glass jars and
pop into the fridge.
Raspberry jam will keep refrigerated for a few weeks.

Notes
This recipe has been made to make just over 250ml, just the right amount to serve or use, but
saving you the need to can leftover.

If this was forwarded by a friend, make sure you visit InLiterature.net and subscribe to our newsletter for free
downloadables and literary inspiration.
 Apple Tart
“And raspberry jam and apple tart,” said Bifur.

Instructions Ingredients
Sift together the flour and salt, before rubbing in the 1 ½ cup | 187g plain flour
cold butter, until it resembles breadcrumbs. ¼ tsp | 1.4g salt
Add cold water, drop by drop, and mix until a dry 1/2 cup | 115g cold butter
dough is formed. If you make it too wet, add more cold water
flour. Raspberry jam
Roll out the dough thinly and use to line pie shells. thinly sliced apples
If you’d like to use the raspberry jam you just made, 1/4 cup | 50g brown sugar
spoon in a teaspoon of raspberry jam and spread to
cover base of pie shell, then layer thinly sliced apples.
Finally sprinkle with brown sugar and bake at 150C
| 302F until apples are cooked/soft and pastry is
browned.

Notes
An apple tart is open, while apple pie has a pastry cover.
Pastry recipe for both apple tart and mince pies, adapted from Woman’s Own Cookbook, 1964

If this was forwarded by a friend, make sure you visit InLiterature.net and subscribe to our newsletter for free
downloadables and literary inspiration.
 Mince Pies
And mince-pies and cheese,” said Bofur.

Instructions Ingredients
Sift together flour and salt, before rubbing cold butter in, until 1 ½ cup | 187g plain flour
it looks like breadcrumbs. ¼ tsp | 1.4g salt
Add cold water, drop by drop, and mix until a dry dough is 1/2 cup | 115g cold butter
formed. If you make it too wet, add more flour. mince mixture
Roll out the dough thinly and use to line pie shells.
Leave ¼ of the dough to roll out and cut out circles as pie
covers.
Spoon in 1-2 tsp of mince mixture, lay pie cover over and
pinch edges together.
Using a skewer, punch 3 or 4 holes into the top.
Bake at 150C | 302F for ~20 minutes or until pastry is golden.

Notes
This type of mince is the fruit kind. You can buy the mince mixture in jars in the baking section.

If this was forwarded by a friend, make sure you visit InLiterature.net and subscribe to our newsletter for free
downloadables and literary inspiration.
 Pork Pies
“And pork-pie and salad,” said Bombur.

Instructions Ingredients
Start by making the pork jelly in advance, as this will take 3 500g fatty bacon
hours to cook. 2 large coarsely chopped
In a medium sized saucepan, place the bacon, carrots, carrots
onion, celery, thyme, parsley, thyme, parsley, bay leaves and 1 peeled, roughly chopped
peppercorns, and fill with water until everything is only just onion
covered. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer for three 1 coarsely chopped celery
hours. Remove scum from surface, strain stock and return the stick
sieved stock to a clean pot. Continue to simmer until liquid is 1 tbsp thyme
reduced to half. 1 tbsp fresh chopped parsley
Stir in gelatine to help set the liquid to a jelly consistency. 4 bay leaves
To make the pastry, warm up the butter, milk and water in a ½ tbsp black peppercorns
saucepan together. 1 tsp gelatine
In a mixer, make a well with the all purpose flour, and pour in 400g regular pork mince
warm liquid mixture. 100g finely chopped lean
Use the bread kneader attachment until dough is formed and bacon
sprinkle with salt and pepper. ½ tsp ground allspice
Knead into a ball and set aside. ½ tsp grated nutmeg
To make the pie filling, mix together pork mince, lean bacon, salt and black pepper
allspice, nutmeg, salt and pepper. 2/3 cup | 150g butter
When ready to cook, preheat the oven to 180oC (350oF). 1/4 cup | 50ml milk
1/4 cup | 50ml water
3 1/2 cups | 450g plain flour

If this was forwarded by a friend, make sure you visit InLiterature.net and subscribe to our newsletter for free
downloadables and literary inspiration.
Ready your pie plates by dusting lightly with flour.
Set aside a quarter of the pastry to make the pie covers later.
Roll out the rest of the pastry to about 1 inch thick and cut into a
circle slightly larger than the pie dish.
Place into the dish and press a ball of pork filling in the bottom.
Once all are filled, using the pastry left, roll out and cut circles as
pie covers.
Place on top of the pie dishes and pinch to pastry edges together.
Bake for ~45 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool.
Once cool, push a hole in the top of the pie and pour in the pork
jelly.
If the jelly is too set, heat it up slightly before pouring.
Place in fridge to chill until jelly is set before serving with salad.

Notes
Recipe adapted from BBC
For a more authentic version, lard is used in place of butter in the pastry, and pork bones and
trotters can be used when making the pork jelly, instead of add the gelatine (see original BBC
recipe for clear instructions)/

If this was forwarded by a friend, make sure you visit InLiterature.net and subscribe to our newsletter for free
downloadables and literary inspiration.