Lebkuchen (Elisenlebkuchen) with Rye
Lebkuchen (Elisenlebkuchen) with Rye

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, lebkuchen (elisenlebkuchen) with rye. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Having grown up in Germany it's the Christmas season when I get the most homesick. The snowy landscapes, the decorations One of Germany's most famous Christmas treats (and one of my personal favorites), is Elisenlebkuchen, and that's the German Lebkuchen. Nürnberger Elisenlebkuchen are one of Germany's most prized holiday confections. Made with honey, nuts and a variety of spices, they are simply.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lebkuchen (elisenlebkuchen) with rye using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lebkuchen (Elisenlebkuchen) with Rye:
  1. Take 50 g hazelnuts
  2. Make ready 40 g almond or hazelnut powder
  3. Prepare 15 g candied orange peel
  4. Get 15 g candied lemon peel
  5. Make ready 1/8 tsp dry ginger
  6. Make ready 1 tsp lemon or orange zest or mix
  7. Take 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  8. Make ready 7 g lebkuchen spice mix (see in my recipe list)
  9. Take 15 g rye flour
  10. Make ready ******
  11. Take 1 egg
  12. Get 80 g powdered sugar
  13. Take ******
  14. Make ready 8-12 oblaten depending on size (as a substitute I use flavorless crackers like Carr's Water Crackers)

These Elisenlebkuchen, the archetypal German gingerbread, hail from the Bavarian city of Nuremberg and are soft and chewy round cookies baked on thin wafers called Oblaten. They are flourless, studded with tiny pieces of candied citrus peel, and rich in ground nuts and almond paste, which help keep. This traditional lebkuchen recipe is easy to make and contains no flour. Elisenlebkuchen are one of the most famous Christmas cookies in Germany!

Instructions to make Lebkuchen (Elisenlebkuchen) with Rye:
  1. Mix nuts, citrus peel, ginger, zest, vanilla, lebkuchen spice and rye flour in a bowl.
  2. Put the mixture into a food processor and grind until sandy. You want to keep some graininess for a good texture.
  3. In a metal bowl. whisk eggs and powdered sugar until all sugar is dissolved.
  4. Heat a saucepan full of water on the stove.
  5. Place bowl with eggs in the water and heat until about40-43°C. It needs to be this temperature to create the correct consistency.
  6. When eggs are heated, mix with a mixer or whisk until a thick texture and slightly lighter color.
  7. Mix with the nut mixture and let rest for at least an hour to thicken.
  8. Pile the mixture onto oblaten or a substitute for oblaten*. The lebkuchen should be rounded in the middle and the dough extended to the edges. [*I use almost flavorless crackers. Thin, lightly flavored cookies may work as well. I heard some people have used foil, but you need to remove after baking.]
  9. Arrange on a baking sheet and bake at 200°C/400°F for about 15 minutes.
  10. Let cool completely and brush with melted chocolate. Decorate with almonds or sprinkles and let chocolate dry before eating.

This traditional lebkuchen recipe is easy to make and contains no flour. Elisenlebkuchen are one of the most famous Christmas cookies in Germany! Nürnberger Lebkuchen with almonds and sugar coating, of the Elisen type (Elisenlebkuchen). It is uncertain whether Elise was the daughter of a gingerbread baker or the wife of a margrave. Elisenlebkuchen are one of the most famous Christmas cookies in Germany!

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