A Medieval Times Dinner
A Medieval Times inspired dinner…
A Fantasy Medieval Dinner
My first recommendation is to go to the actual Medieval Times dinner and theatrical event, if you haven’t - because before you make it yourself, you should experience the real thing if possible. After all, you would be hard-pressed to come up with the falconry, jousting, majestic horses and royal processional that make up the night’s entertainment, not to mention the enthusiasm of a crown-wearing crowd - in your own home! However, I know MT is not in every city, so if you want to experience just a taste of it, read on…
Medieval Times Dinner at Home…
I have been to Medieval Times on three occasions and I love it! It’s fun, it’s festive and I really like the dinner they serve. It’s not exactly Medieval accurate but like this website, Medieval Times blends the feel of the Middle Ages with a mix of fantasy and historical realism to create an idealized version of that era.
Anyway, I wanted to create a Medieval Times inspired dinner, using the basics of their menu. I also wanted to utilize the semi-homemade concept of buying items that would allow a person to make this dinner quickly and relatively easily if you were going to have a themed gathering.
Tomato Bisque Soup or a version of it…
The Menu…
The menu at MT is: Tomato Bisque, Garlic Bread, Roasted Chicken, Seasoned Baked Potato, Corn on the Cob and a Dessert.
The chicken is seasoned with a rub of various spices - paprika, lemon pepper, onion and garlic etc. The Tomato Bisque always reminds me of Campbell’s Tomato soup, maybe because we always made it with milk. The Potato also has various spices, paprika and garlic, salt and pepper - and its baked with butter.
The corn is pretty straightforward, buttered and delicious. The dessert varies.
So, taking the MT menu for my inspiration, I used all of their components. I wanted to make this dinner very simple to make - of course, you can do everything from scratch if you wish, aka the real medieval times way!
I used the heraldic coasters I made to set my medieval-ish table.
Semi-Home Medieval Makes it Easy…
For my chicken, I bought a cooked rotisserie chicken from the store, ready to go. A half-hour before serving it, I place it in the oven on low (225F) in a roasting pan with just a bit of chicken stock to remoisten and heat up. I added a little paprika, garlic and onion too the chicken as well.
At MT, they serve a half of a roasted chicken. I used the breast of the chicken, keeping the skin on.
For my garlic bread, I bought a small round country loaf and added the garlic and butter. I put my bread beneath the chicken as a nod to the trenchers (thick bread slices that were used as plates) of the medieval era.
Corn is easy, I cooked it and added butter, salt and chopped parsley. They serve half cobs at MT, so that’s what I did too.
The baked potato was par-boiled until almost tender, then coated in butter with added seasonings and baked.
For the soup, I bought a carton of Pacifica Tomato Red Pepper, because I prefer this, but any good quality tomato bisque would do.
And that’s it, the dinner really is easy with the semi-homemade short cuts.
Recipe Links and Medieval Times Link
I’m including links below for the recipe I used for the baked potato and other ‘copycat’ or similar recipes should you decide to go the lengthier route of making it all yourself.
And of course, a link to Medieval Times, because the entertainment and ambiance of the castle is not to be missed.
Chicken
Tomato Bisque Soup (this one was shared by Medieval Times itself)
Baked Potato
Visit the Medieval Times website
Medieval Times has 9 locations across the USA and one in Toronto, ON.