Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They look deliciour, Rudi. I like to cook but I do not bake--my daughter does that. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Ruediger Merz wrote: > Today I was preparing for Christmas. I was baking Pl?tzchen (Cookies). > Lebkuchen and Makronen (Macaroon). Actually I baked now for the last 2 > weeks, to perfect it.;) Most of the time there is something missing. > Weihnachtspl?tzchen (Christmas cookies) contain rather strange spices. > Like Allspice and Cardamom and Dianthus. Today I got the approval from my > wife that the cookies are ok. She is the cook in the house, and the boss > of course. And I am the baker. I thought someone likes to know the > recipe. I translated it from German to English. It should not be difficult > to convert the measurements for your country. > > > Lebkuchen recipe : > ==================== > > 200g Sugar > 1 teaspoon cinnamon > a little bit more than a pinch of Allspice, Cardamom and Dianthus. > 200g ground almond > 50g Succade (chopped from oranges) > 75g Succade (chopped from lemons) > Ground skin from half a lemon > 250g flour > 4 eggs > 1 teaspoon backing powder > approx. 20 Round wafer. ca. 9 cm in diameter.* > > > Take a bowl and add the eggs and the sugar. Beat the eggs and the sugar > until it is foamy. Then add the ground almonds, spices, succade and the > flour, which you have mixed before with the backing powder, in to the > bowl. Now you steer until you have a dough. This dough is very gooey. Now > you apply the dough finger thick on to the wafer. Back in the oven at > 175-200 degree centigrade for approx. 15-20 minutes. > > > Makronen (Macaroon) recipe : > ================= > > 3 egg white > 150g sugar > 150g ground almonds or hazelnut or coconut. > 25g flour. > approx. 20-30 Round wafer. ca. 5 cm in diameter.* > Whole almonds for decoration. > > In a bowl beat the egg white until it is stiff. So that nothing falls out, > when you turn the bowl upside down. Now add the ground nuts and the flour > into the bowl and steer until everything is nice and smooth. Apply one > teaspoon to one wafer. If you like you can add one almond per cookie. Bake > in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown, at 150-16 degree > centigrade. > > > * The wafer look like the 'host' in the Roman Catholic liturgy. Just > without the imprint. > > I guess you could do without the wafer. When I am in Texas I could not > find the right one. But the wafer helps to contain the moisture. > > > > > Here is an image of the finished Lebkuchen : > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/avianart/4208235405/ > > and here of the Makronen : > > Before > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/avianart/4208235471/ > > After > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/avianart/4208235569/ > > Finished > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/avianart/4209000468/ > > > > Have fun and Merry Christmas. > > Best, > Rudy > --- > Website: http://www.avianart.com > PGP Public Key : http://www.avianart.com/pub/GPGP-PublicKey.asc > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >