{"product_id":"hatzel-elisen-lebkuchen-gemischt-6-stueck","title":"Elisen Gingerbread mixed - 6 pieces","description":"\u003ch2 id=\"speakable-headline\"\u003eAssorted Elisen Lebkuchen from a Fichtelgebirge bakery\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cblockquote id=\"speakable-summary\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHatzel’s assorted Elisen Lebkuchen are six hand-spread wafer gingerbreads in a gift bag: two glazed with sugar, two coated in dark chocolate, and two in milk chocolate. More than a third of the dough consists of hazelnuts and almonds, with almost no flour added—this is not mass-produced factory fare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"speakable-definition\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAssorted Elisen Lebkuchen\u003c\/strong\u003e come in a set of six, weighing 350 grams in total, packed in a dark red gift bag. They are spread onto baking wafers at the Hatzel gingerbread bakery in Selb, on the edge of the Fichtelgebirge mountains. \"Elisen\" is the finest grade of wafer gingerbread, a designation reserved exclusively for those made with more nuts than flour in the dough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBreak one in half, and you’ll see the dense, moist mixture of ground nuts, with hardly any crumbs, interspersed with amber-colored slivers of candied lemon and orange peel. The aroma hits you first, even before you take a bite—cinnamon, warm almond, and a hint of orange zest. Soft, succulent, and spicy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSugar glaze, dark chocolate, and milk chocolate in the same bag\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo pieces feature a delicate sugar glaze topped with almonds, two are covered in fine-melting dark chocolate, and two in the finest milk chocolate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is something for everyone around the gingerbread platter. Some consider the plain sugar glaze to be the classic standard, others swear by dark chocolate—and the milk chocolate reconciles both camps in the end. At room temperature, the spice profile unfolds; if kept cold in the pantry, it remains more contained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gingerbread pairs just as well with a strong black tea from our \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/tee\"\u003etea selection\u003c\/a\u003e as it does with a glass of \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/gluehwein\"\u003emulled wine\u003c\/a\u003e in the late afternoon. Stored in a cool, dry place, it even continues to mature over the weeks as the spices slowly infuse the nut base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe sticky dough is applied to the wafer by hand\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dough is stirred in a copper kettle and spread using a manual machine that has been in use for generations—whisks, wooden spoons, and rolling pins lie alongside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElisen dough is tough and sticky because there is almost no flour to hold it together. The ground nuts, marzipan, and egg whites do the work alone. The more nuts in the dough, the harder it is to spread—and the juicier the gingerbread remains over the weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is why the wafer—that ultra-thin sheet made of wheat flour, water, and starch—is necessary. It has been placed under gingerbread since monastery times, serving to lift it off the baking sheet in the first place. It is leavened with hartshorn salt, the traditional leavening agent of gingerbread bakers, which allows the flat cake to rise without becoming airy. The brothers keep their family spice blend to themselves; you can taste the cinnamon, but you are left to guess the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy an Elisen Lebkuchen stays soft\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gingerbread that breaks instead of yielding after two weeks has too much flour and too few nuts in the dough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, the opposite is true. The ground almonds and hazelnuts slowly release their oils into the mixture, and because there is almost no grain to interfere, it retains that moisture. Sorbitol syrup provides a helping hand; this humectant has long had a permanent place in gingerbread baking, ensuring that nothing dries out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you would like to sample all the varieties, you can find \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/hatzel-lebkuchen\"\u003eall Hatzel Elisen Lebkuchen\u003c\/a\u003e in our shop—the dark chocolate and sugar-glazed versions are also available individually, along with small confectionary treats for in-between.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hatzel Lebkuchen","offers":[{"title":"350 g","offer_id":53071188656462,"sku":"031HAT0001","price":17.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0905\/1124\/5646\/files\/hatzel-lebkuchen-6er-beutel.jpg?v=1750979189","url":"https:\/\/norgutes.com\/en\/products\/hatzel-elisen-lebkuchen-gemischt-6-stueck","provider":"nur Gutes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}