Recette: Parfait Pain d'épices

Pain d'épices. Pain d'épices can be made with honey, rye or wheat flour (depending on the region), and spices such as cardamom, anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. It is usually baked into a loaf and served with savory dishes, such as foie grass or gourmet cheeses. However, it is also often incorporated into or served alongside classic French desserts.

This recipe is taken from Crumb by Richard Bertinet, published by Kyle Books. French pain d'épices often gets mistranslated into English as "gingerbread," but the two cakes bear little resemblance to one another. Indeed, while the flavor of American gingerbread is dominated by molasses and the eponymous ginger, pain d'épices features rye flour, anise seed, and honey. You can have Pain d'épices using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pain d'épices

1. Prepare 125 g of farine de blé.
2. Prepare 125 g of farine de seigle.
3. It's 100 g of sucre.
4. You need 250 g of miel.
5. It's 100 mL of lait.
6. Prepare 2 of oeufs.
7. It's 1 of sachet de levure chimique.
8. It's 1 of sachet de sucre vanillé.
9. You need 1 of pointe de couteau de cannelle.
10. You need 1 of pointe de couteau de gingembre.
11. It's 1 of pointe de couteau d'anis.
12. It's 1 of pointe de couteau de noix de muscade.
13. You need 1 of pointe de couteau de 4 épices.

Classic French Spiced Bread (Pain d'Épices) Audrey Rye flour, a good amount of honey and a unique spice blend are the key components of a great Classic French Spiced Bread - also known as Pain d'Épices. This cross between a cake and a bread is a holiday staple in France. It can be found on most Christmas market stalls, sold in big slabs. Pain d'épices can be made with honey, rye or wheat flour (depending on the region), and spices such as cardamom, anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.

Pain d'épices step by step

1. Dans un robot, ajouter les 2 types de farine, les sucres, les épices et la levure..
2. Ajouter le miel..
3. Tout mélanger..
4. Ajouter les œufs, le lait et mélanger le tout..
5. Beurrer et fariner les moules. Puis verser la pâte. Mettre au four à 160°C pendant 40 minutes..

It is usually baked into a loaf and served with savory dishes, such as foie grass or gourmet cheeses. However, it is also often incorporated into or served alongside classic French desserts. This pain d'épices (French gingerbread loaf) is the perfect wintry treat with minimal effort. A dark chocolate brown, this gingerbread is different from its light and fluffy American cousin. Many traditional pain d'épices recipes utilize honey as a sweetener and are a lighter color than this one.