Almond and hazelnut Elisenlebkuchen
Soft nut and candied-peel cookies on baking wafers, topped with dark chocolate.
Active time1 h
Cooking45 min
Total2 h 30 minResting : 1 h
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Ingredients
- 100 g shop-bought candied lemon peel
- 100 g shop-bought candied orange peel
- 5 medium eggs
- 200 g shop-bought ground almonds
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 200 g dark couverture chocolate
- 45 ml runny honey
- 200 g shop-bought ground hazelnuts
- 1 g fine salt
- 170 g brown sugar
- 26 7 cm wheat baking wafers
- 100 g raw marzipan with at least 50 % almonds
- 2 tsp shop-bought Lebkuchen spice mix
Preparation
Heat the conventional oven to 150 °C. Line baking trays. Beat eggs, brown sugar and honey until foamy. Mix in Lebkuchen spice, salt, cinnamon, ground almonds and hazelnuts until even.
5 medium eggs200 g shop-bought ground almonds2 tsp ground cinnamon45 ml runny honey200 g shop-bought ground hazelnuts1 g fine salt170 g brown sugar2 tsp shop-bought Lebkuchen spice mix- oven
- trays
- baking paper
- bowl
- electric mixer
- spatula
Finely chop the marzipan and candied peels and fold them in. Arrange wafers on the trays. Put about 45 g mixture on each and smooth into a small dome without overhanging. Approximate yield: 26 cookies. Share all the mixture between the wafers.
100 g shop-bought candied lemon peel100 g shop-bought candied orange peel26 7 cm wheat baking wafers100 g raw marzipan with at least 50 % almonds- knife
- board
- spatula
- spoon
- trays
Bake each tray for 20 minutes at 150 °C until the surface sets and the edges colour lightly. The centres stay soft. Bake all trays successively. Cool the final tray on a rack for 30 minutes until completely cold.
- oven
- trays
- rack
- flat spatula
Chop the chocolate and gently melt over a water bath in a dry bowl for about 5 minutes, keeping the bowl off the water. Dip the tops of the cold cookies, drain and place on baking paper. Set for at least 30 minutes in a cool room, longer if needed.
200 g dark couverture chocolate- knife
- board
- pan
- dry heatproof bowl
- spatula
- baking paper
Allergens
- Eggs
- Tree nuts
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Gluten, Lupin, Milk, Molluscs, Mustard, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
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