10 Banquet Foods Inspired by Game of Thrones

Bring your appetite for these Game of Thrones inspired dishes.

April 6, 2014

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If you’re having a banquet, it shouldn’t be small or half-hearted. Your banquet should have direwolf-sized portions. Your banquet should make Robert Baratheon proud. We proudly present 10 recipes that will achieve all of this, from roast lamb with potatoes to extra-boozy mulled wine. Winter is coming. What are you waiting for? Eat up.

Apples Baked in Cider

This is a dead-simple recipe that should be in your back pocket for all desserts, banquets or otherwise. You can eat the sweet, mellowed apples bare, or you can dress them up with creme fraiche or ice cream, if you're really celebrating. Get the recipe on Food52.

Dan Leader's 4-Hour Baguette

This recipe is the aggressive, no-more-excuses shove that you need to start baking your own bread. Shape it into trenchers if you're feeling serious. Get the recipe on Food52.

Mulled White Wine with Pear Brandy

Why just drink mulled wine when you could drink mulled wine amped up with pear brandy? A slice of Asian pear garnishes each drink—it softens slightly as it soaks up the warm booze, and makes for a nice bonus when your cup is empty. Get the recipe on Food52.

Bacon Bird with Turkey Neck Gravy

This subtly smoky bird is swathed in sage and then all wrapped up in strips of bacon before being served with a turkey neck gravy. Get the recipe on Food52.

Blood and Sand

A dynamic cocktail that fascinates from the first sip to the last. Get the recipe on Food52.

Loup de Mer (Mediterranean Seabass)

All you need to do is buy the most beautiful, fresh fish that you can, and you're set. The addition of a bed of shrimp, a few herbs, and some thinly sliced lemon doesn't hurt either. Get the recipe on Food52.

Old-Fashioned Beef and Barley Soup

The broth is thick and rich, with the wine adding a touch of bourguignon flavor. In fact, the soup is so rich that it's almost a stew. Get the recipe on Food52.

Slow Roast Duck

This roast duck is incredibly moist and tender, and will emerge from the oven mahogany and almost impossibly crisp and crackling. Get the recipe on Food52.

Shepherd's Pie with Sweet Potatoes

A thick layer of creamy sweet potatoes conceals a hefty serving of meat underneath. Get the recipe on Food52.

Abaccio al Forno (Roast Lamb with Potatoes)

This roast is incredibly minimalistic—just lamb, garlic, rosemary, white wine, and potatoes—but is much greater than the sum of its parts. The potatoes, which become crisp and golden as they soak up the lamb flavors and the marinade, are a surprising bonus. Get the recipe on Food52.