03 December 2021
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Filled gingerbread always takes me back to my childhood. We used to all get together and cut out gingerbread together with Grandma. Three generations baking gingerbread, so to speak. I still make my grandma's recipe the same way nowadays. Only the filling was supplemented by a few dried fruits. Especially dried apricots and plums taste wonderfully aromatic. With a dehydrator you can dry your fruit in the summer for the winter months or you can buy them in an organic or unpacked store, the offer is fortunately getting bigger and bigger.

BUY INGREDIENTS AT GREENROOT

A really great organic unpacked store is for example the Greenroot am Marktgraben in Innsbruck, which is only a few meters away from the old town. The offer here is varied and comes mostly from regional producers. The great thing about unpacked shops is that you can determine the amount of food yourself, so you only buy what you really need and you only pay for the actual weight of the contents and not the packaging. To do this, you simply take your own containers or paper bags to the store and fill them with the amount you need. In my case, for the filled gingerbread, it was dried apricots, dates, raisins, plums and flour, all in organic quality. By the way, if you don't have one with you, you can get a bag on site.

WHAT YOU NEED FOR THE FILLED GINGERBREAD:

FOR THE GINGERBREAD DOUGH:

  • 300 g rye flour
  • 180 g icing sugar
  • 1/2 pkg. baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • Grating of 1/2 organic lemon
  • 4 level tsp. gingerbread spice
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 eggs

FOR THE FILLING:

  • 50 g aranzini
  • 50 g dried apricots
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 50 g dates, pitted
  • 50 g dried plums
  • 250 g currant jam (currant = Austrian for red currants)
  • 50 g raisins
  • 50 g nuts, chopped

OTHER INGREDIENTS

  • 1 egg yolk for coating, whisked
  • Blanched almond kernels

AND THAT'S HOW IT WORKS:

For the gingerbread dough, knead all ingredients together to form a dough. Cover and let rest for half an hour. In the meantime, prepare the filling. Cut all the dried fruit (except the raisins and aranzini) into small cubes and mix with the chopped nuts, currant jam and cinnamon.

Roll out the dough into a rectangle, spread the filling in the middle and fold into a parcel. Turn the folded side down, brush the smooth side with egg yolk. Decorate with the blanched almond kernels and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees hot air for about 20 minutes until the gingerbread has a nice colour. Allow the gingerbread to cool completely before cutting.

MORE CHRISTMAS RECIPE IDEAS

Here you'll find more Christmas recipe ideas such as a lovely fluffy vanilla crescent mousse - the perfect way to use up leftover biscuits. Try also my recipe for juicy gingerbread (without filling) and Tyrolean cinnamon stars.

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