Purple Wedding Pigeon Pie - Margaery and Joffrey's memorable wedding included a pigeon pie. While actual birds won't fly out of this baking creation, it is quite a decadent meat pie that will definitely take some time to make.
The culinary creations in Game of Thrones are a spectacle within themselves, and we can’t help but compare and contrast the food to what people ate during the Middle Ages. Like the real medieval period, food in Game of Thrones is a symbol of power. The rich upper class are all about opulent feasts full of expensive meats and exotic fruits. Oct 04, 2011 “‘My uncle hasn’t eaten his pigeon pie.’ Holding the chalice one-handed, Joff jammed his other into Tyrion’s pie. ‘It’s ill luck not to eat the pie” (Storm of Swords) Pigeon Pie. Thoughts: This makes for a rich, hearty meat pie. Pigeon meat is dark like duck, although not nearly so fatty. We turned to 'A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook' in order to try and throw the best dinner party for fans of the HBO show. We made 'pigeon' pie, black bread, bowls of brown, lemon cakes, a blueberry tart, and mulled wine (without poison, we promise). Cover and pinch the edges, sealing like a pie. Cut a steam hole in the center of the lid, and decorate as desired with remaining pastry. Bake pie for 30 minutes at 400°F, then lower the temperature to 325°F, baking for an additional 90 minutes, or until pastry is browned and filling reaches 165°F internally. Pigeon pie is a traditional pie served at wedding feasts. Pigeon pies are enormous in size and contain a flock of living pigeons inside, which are released when the husband cuts it open. Game of Thrones Season 4- HBO TV Series A pigeon pie is served at the wedding feast following the marriage of King Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell. This weekend we're welcoming back the show that has the monopoly on lurid violence, epic battles, and wholly unnecessary nudity: Game of Thrones.
This weekend we're welcoming back the show that has the monopoly on lurid violence, epic battles, and wholly unnecessary nudity: Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin's ability to describe the crunching of a skull is rivaled only by his ability to describe the crunching of a pastry, so it's only fitting that this sexy saga is home to some serious food porn. And revenge porn. And porn porn. I'm a main character in this show, so my life is decidedly in danger this week.
Game Of Thrones Pigeon Pie Recipe
Ingredients
2 pounds squab breasts
1 pound wild boar, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 pound rabbit, cut into 2-inch pieces
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 vidalia onion, diced and sautéed
2 tsp finely chopped sage
2 Tbsp finely chopped rosemary
2 Tbsp finely chopped thyme
1/4 cup dried cherries, soaked in madeira wine
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms, sautéed in butter
1/4 cup apple, finely chopped, sautéed in butter
16 ounces all purpose flour
3 1/2 ounces bread flour
1 tsp salt
6 ounces lard
7 ounces water
6 slices of bacon, cut in half
1 egg, beaten
Grain mustard (optional)
Makes 1 large pie
In a medium bowl, combine 1 pound of squab breasts with 2 Tbsp onion, 1 tsp rosemary, 1 tsp thyme, soaked cherries, 1 tsp salt, and freshly ground pepper. Set aside, and repeat with wild boar: onion, 1 clove garlic, 1 tsp rosemary, 1 tsp thyme, 1 tsp salt, and pepper. With the remaining squab breasts, combine the apple, 2 tsp sage, 1 tsp thyme, salt, and pepper. Finally, with the rabbit, combine mushrooms, 2 tsp thyme, and 1 tsp rosemary. Keep all meats separate.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Whisk together flours and salt in a large bowl. Bring lard and water to a bare simmer and add to the flour, stirring with a wooden spoon until a shaggy dough forms. Once it’s cool enough to handle, knead until it forms a smooth, tacky dough. Roll out 2/3 of the dough to a 24-inch round, covering the remainder with a warm/damp towel, and drape over a liberally-greased and floured springform mold. Gently coax the dough down into the mold and press into the corners, patching as necessary to seal it. Begin filling the pastry - first with the cherry squab, a layer of bacon strips, then the wild boar, another layer of bacon, the apple squab, another layer of bacon, and the rabbit. Make sure the meat is pressed deeply into every corner, and roll out a knob of dough until it’s the size of a lid for the pastry. Cover and pinch the edges, sealing like a pie. Cut a steam hole in the center of the lid, and decorate as desired with remaining pastry.
Bake pie for 30 minutes at 400°F, then lower the temperature to 325°F, baking for an additional 90 minutes, or until pastry is browned and filling reaches 165°F internally. Trim the crust as necessary so the springform can eventually release - allow to cool for at least 2 hours before attempting to remove, ideally refrigerating overnight. Slice and serve with grain mustard.
For the weight watch.
Valar dohaeris and valar morghulis are two concepts that have been thrown around the 8-season-long journey that is Game of Thrones. All men must serve and all men must die, but you know what? All men must eat.
Today marks the last episode ever *squeals* and while we’ve fallen in love with the Game of Thrones cast and watched them die one by one for a whopping 73 episodes, we hardly see them eat. So what do you eat in Game of Thrones? Any fine dining restaurants in Essos or Westerosi delicacies that didn’t make the final cut? Before we officially say “Our watch has ended,” bring out the mutton stew and ale while we take a look at the food we might’ve missed. That’s what we do: we eat and we know things.
Lemon Cake
It’s crazy that we’ve spent 8-9 years with characters we’ve come to love and we never find out what their favorite food is, except Sansa. In this GRL PWR-filled scene with the amazing Tyrell ladies, Lady Olenna and Margaery want to know the tea about Joffrey, so they serve Sansa with her favorite: lemon cakes.
Pigeon Pie
Weddings in Westeros never end with a crazy reception – heck, they barely even make it through the “I dos” – but they do become episodes to remember. The Purple Wedding, the perfect example and one of the many satisfying death scenes in Game of Thrones. But right before Joffrey took a sip of the poisoned wine, he ceremoniously cut the largest pigeon pie King’s Landing has ever seen.
Direwolf Bread
Let’s get this direwolf-shaped bread! Hot Pie was a sweetheart, passing on to Arya the best gift a girl could ask for: food made from scratch, with a little bit of sentiment. You can watch the real-life Arya (Maisie Williams) help make her own direwolf breadhere.
Whole Chicken
Of all the Game of Thrones episodes that have seen the light of day, this episode is the one that launched the funniest Hound-related memes ever. A man of few words, these seem to matter a lot: “If any more words come pouring out your c*nt mouth, I’m gonna have to eat every f*cking chicken in this room.” A mood.
Sausage
Poor Theon… It’s bad enough being tortured and dismembered. But being teased with a sausage platter right after is just insult to injury. But to be fair, it did look crispy. *cringe*
Oysters, Clams, and Cockles
Filed under: images you can hear. We see Arya Stark, at the time of her life where she is no one. She’s tasked with her first assassination assignment, a real milestone in her career if you ask us, and she’s selling (you guessed it!) oysters, clams, and cockles while under cover.
Meat Pie
The Game of Thrones x Hannibal crossover we never knew we wanted. Walder Frey had his hand at many things, but the Red Wedding is one of note. After spending a time with the best assassins in the world, Arya swoops in and avengers her mother and brother in the sickest way possible: feeding Waldery Frey with meat pie, made out of his sons. 100% pure human.
Bonus!
Starbucks
Game Of Thrones Pigeon Pie Book Set
Now, we don’t know if it’s an Americano, a Chai Latte, or a Caramel Macchiato in there, but it is what it is. The famous Starbucks cup of Season 8.
Game Of Thrones Pigeon Pie
Just like the rest of the world, we are extremely wistful to see the end of Game of Thrones. Gone are the days of avoiding spoilers, discussing Game of Thrones theories and prophecies, and still being floored by the writing and acting of the cast. It’s been real. Our watch has ended, but the feast goes on.