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Gingerbread with fruit

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Ingredients for 6 servings:

  • 50 g honey
  • 50 g margarine
  • 3 eggs
  • 150 g sugar
  • 100 g dates
  • 100 g fig(s)
  • 1 tsp ammonium bicarbonate
  • ½ tsp potash
  • 1 cup(s) coffee, cold
  • 200 g flour
  • 200 g oat flakes
  • 1 tsp gingerbread spice
  • 100 g raisins
  • 50 g candied lemon peel
  • 50 g candied orange peel
  • 50 g nuts, chopped
  • 50 g almond(s), chopped
  • Lemon(s) – zest, grated
  • 250 g powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour

Heat the honey and fat together and let cool again. Beat the eggs and sugar until frothy. Finely dice the dates and figs. Dissolve the ammonium chloride and potash separately in cold coffee. Mix all ingredients together quickly. Spread the entire mixture onto a well-greased baking sheet, preferably with wet hands. Bake at 190°C for approximately 25-30 minutes. Cover with icing while still hot. Once cooled, cut into small pieces.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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