[Sca-cooks] Recipe for period gingerbrede
Kathleen A Roberts
karobert at unm.edu
Wed Sep 9 09:07:13 PDT 2009
i am liking this. how fine should the breadcrumbs be?
cailte
On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:59:25 -0400
devra at aol.com wrote:
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> Period Gingerbrede, derived from Ruth Frey's redaction
>out of The Two Fifteenth Century Cookbooks
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> I actually put in a lot more spice than Ruth did, due to
>a miscalculation of how much honey I had on hand...
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> Ingredients
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> 2 C honey (I mixed dark and light - remember it is much
>denser than water; be sure you have enough before putting
>in spices)
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> 2 t cinnamon
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> 1 t ginger
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> .5 t ground long pepper or black pepper
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> .25 t ground cloves
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> 3-5 threads saffron
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> 4 C dry bread crumbs
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> Topping
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> mixed cinnamon and sugar
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> some bay leaves
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> Method
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> 1. Bring spices and honey to a boil in a good-sized pot.
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> 2. Turn off heat and stir in crumbs a cup at a time.
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> 3. Spread mix on large rectangle of waxed paper. Top
>with a similar piece, and roll to approximately .25 inch
>thickness.
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> 4. Remove top piece of paper, sprinkle with
>cinnamon/sugar mix, and scroe with sharp knife into 1
>inch squares.
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> 5. When cool enough to handle, cut or break squares
>apart and completely cool on a cookie rack. You may want
>to turn pieces to dry on both sides.
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> 6. Line a covered, tight cookie can with waxed paper,
>and place gingerbred therein, sprinkling each layer as
>you fill with more cinnamon/sugar, and placing 1 or 2 bay
>leaves on top. Put more waxed paper and continue to
>layer.
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> 7. Let cookies stand at least a week in a moderately
>cool room, so that the crumbs can absorb moisture from
>the honey.
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> The cookies will vary in texture depending on how hard a
>boil you bring the honey to. Boiling more than a few
>seconds may result in tooth-breakers, or bricks that
>smell very good.
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> Yu can also make the stuff into small balls and roll in
>sugar, or use cookie cutters dipped into sugar before
>cutting out.? This is a nice thing to do with small
>children - an adult handles heating the honey, and then
>the kids can take turns stirring in the crumbs, rolling,
>cutting, etc.
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> Devra the Baker
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