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Perník (Czech gingerbread)

Czech gingerbread is soft, dark and very fragrant with honey and spices, sometimes decorated with icing. Traditionally given at Christmas and at fairs, it keeps for several weeks when well wrapped.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Glaçage

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

Nutrition facts

429 kcal per serving

Protein
7.2 g
Carbohydrates
79.6 g
of which sugars
57.7 g
Fat
8.5 g
Fiber
1.9 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Heat the honey, brown sugar and butter in a saucepan over low heat until fully dissolved, without boiling. Let it cool slightly.
  2. In a bowl, mix the flour, cocoa, baking powder, bicarbonate and all the spices.
  3. Add the eggs one at a time to the honey mixture, then pour everything over the dry ingredients alternately with the warm milk. Mix until you have a smooth, soft dough.
  4. Pour the batter into a buttered and floured loaf tin and let it rest for 30 minutes.
  5. Bake at 170 °C (gas 5-6) for about 40 minutes. Check with the blade of a knife, which should come out dry.
  6. Turn out onto a rack and let it cool completely.
  7. Mix the icing sugar, hot water and lemon to make a thick icing, spread it over the top and let it set before slicing.

Variations and tips

Simple version. Leave out the cocoa and the icing, and dust with icing sugar before serving.

With shop-bought gingerbread. To save time, flavour a bought gingerbread mix with a little honey and cinnamon.

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