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Gingerbread recipe

Dessert
Gingerbread
Preparation time
30 min
Cooking time
35 min
Easy

Some history

Gingerbread is honey cake aromatized with spices and dates back to Greco-Roman Antiquity. Declared as a UNESCO cultural heritage in Croatia, it is traditionally sold on Christmas markets and is a reminder of their scents of mulled wine and spices.

Ingredients

Boil and infuse milk:

  • 25cl of milk
  • 2 vanilla beans
  • 4 cardamoms
  • 2 white peppercorns
  • 1 star anise

Strain through a sieve

 

Beat the eggs:

  • 6 eggs
  • 500g honey
  • 100g sugar

 

Mix the dry mixture:

  • 250g flour
  • 250g rye flour
  • 20g baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon of powdered cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon of grated nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon of granulated anise
  • The zest of 2 oranges
  • The zest of 2 lemons
  • 8g salt

Preparation

Add the infused milk and eggs into the dry mixture.

Mix and bake at 170°C.

Gingerbread can be frozen after cooking until needed.

 

 

Thanks : 

Recipe made by Mickey Bourdillat, master chef of Le Matafan from Chamonix.



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