Gingerbread From Lucerne(Luzern)
- 4 1/2 dl cream fresh
- 3 large lemons juice, to sour the cream
- 120 grams pear puree
- 200 grams sugar
- 10 grams spices mixed, star aniseed,, cloves, cinnamon, ginger
- 5 grams bicarbonate of soda
- 500 grams whole wheat flour
- 150 grams walnuts roughly crushed
- Gingerbread from Lucerne, the story: There has always been a place for gingerbread on market stalls and at fairs.
- It was customary for a young man to offer his sweetheart a gingerbread cake, which she would acceptwith delight.
- Since the Middle Ages, Lucerne has seen the creation of a large number of such delicacies influenced by its governors and merchants.
- The recipe: Add the lemon juice to the cream and leave for a few minutes.
- Mix together the cream, pear puree sugar, mixed spices and bicarbonate of soda.
- Add the flour.
- Mix until well blended and then add the nuts.
- Fill a flan ring (24 cm diameter, 6 cm high) and bake in the oven for 50 minutes at 190 oC.
- Serve cold.
cream fresh, lemons juice, pear puree, sugar, mixed, bicarbonate of soda, walnuts
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/gingerbread-from-lucerneluzern-47789 (may not work)