Ginger is widespread in the Eastern tradition, but it is also taking up more and more space in Western cuisine.
Used for sweet and savory dishes, it lends itself to multiple uses. The characteristics of the ginger make it versatile and usable in many dishes, you just need to get familiar with doses and taste. The pungent taste, similar to that of citrus fruits, and slightly bitter, helps to enhance the flavors it comes to.
The best known western recipe that uses ginger is gingerbread .
There are also recipes of the same genre that mix ginger in dough for sweet biscuits, whether crunchy or soft .
Ginger and cinnamon cookies
Ginger and cinnamon cookies are a classic of the winter period. Cinnamon and ginger, releasing their scents, help to warm the atmosphere and the body in these cold days. Below is a simple, simple recipe.
Ingredients:
> 250 gr whole wheat flour;
> 45 ml of sunflower oil;
> 50 grams of whole cane sugar,
> 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder
> 1 teaspoon of ginger powder
> a pinch of salt;
> half a glass of soy milk.
Preparation : mix the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Care should be taken that the spices and ginger are evenly distributed in the dough. Oil and gradually milk are added. Mix well and let the dough rest in the fridge wrapped in plastic for at least 30 minutes.
Spread with a rolling pin, obtain the shapes you prefer, and then bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes. Once cooked and cooled the ginger and cinnamon cookies can be sprinkled with icing sugar.
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Ginger and raisin cookies
Ginger and raisins go well together: the first is spicy and dry, while the raisins give the biscuits softness and sweetness.
Ingredients :
> 250 gr of whole wheat flour;
> 70 grams of almond flour;
> 125 gr of cane sugar;
> 1 jar of soy yogurt;
> 50 ml of soy milk;
> 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
> 2 handfuls of raisins ;
> 1 sachet of baking powder;
> ½ teaspoon of ginger powder.
Preparation : combine the flour in a bowl. Add the yogurt and oil. Mix well and add, in order and stirring each time, the sugar and the soy milk, the baking powder and ginger, then the raisins, after having soaked them in warm water for 10 minutes. Knead and roll out the dough with a rolling pin. Cut the biscuits and bake them on a baking sheet in the oven at 180 ° for 20 minutes.
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Desserts with ginger: the spice cake
There are many recipes for spice cakes that include spices such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, anise, star anise. But all are distinguished by the prevalence of ginger in the dough.
Ingredients for a large loaf :
> 250 grams of honey;
> 250 grams of flour;
> ½ teaspoon of baking soda;
> 50 gr of whole cane sugar;
> 1 teaspoon of nutmeg powder;
> 1 ½ teaspoon of powdered ginger ;
> 1 teaspoon of common anise;
> 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder;
> 1 jar of yogurt;
> 10 cl of soy milk.
Preparation : put the honey in a bowl, add the baking soda, flour, sugar and spices, including ginger . Mix well and add soy milk and yogurt. Continue to mix well to mix all the ingredients. Pour the mixture into a cake mold lined with baking paper. Bake and cook for an hour at 180 °.
The base dough is also suitable for preparing biscuits, doubling the quantity of flour and bringing it to 500 gr, leaving the dough in the fridge wrapped in plastic for at least half an hour and spreading it out instead of baking it in a plum cake mold. The baking time for the biscuits, obtained with molds, is 30 minutes at 180 °.
