The origins of ginger go back to times before written history. It was one of the first spices that came to Europe brought from Asia by Arab merchants, being used as a medicine and as a condiment
Packaging: 90 grams in glass jar.
Packaging: 90 grams in glass jar.
Packaging: 90 grams in glass jar
Origin: Jamaica
Ginger is ground from the dried root.
Ginger is used to marinate any type of meat, mixing it with other spices such as cinnamon, cloves, pepper or nutmeg.
Ginger is used to marinate any type of meat, mixing it with other spices such as cinnamon, cloves, pepper or nutmeg
It should also be noted that as it brings that fresh and spicy touch, it will counteract the cloying sweetness of chocolate (just try adding half a teaspoon to your chocolate cake)
It is easily found as a baking ingredient in cakes, biscuits, fruit desserts, sorbets, ice cream, etc.. For its characteristic to generate heat is very common to see the typical gingerbread cookies in winter.
Preparation of gingerbread cookies:
Ingredients:
- Butter 300 grams melted
- Brown sugar 150 grams
- Honey 150 grams
- Two Eggs
- Ginger 1/2 tablespoon
- Cardamom 1/2 tablespoon
- Cinnamon powder 1/2 tablespoon
- Flour 600 grams
We process with the mixer, butter, sugar, honey, eggs, ginger, cinnamon and cardamom until a semi-liquid paste. Then add the flour to form the dough and after mixing well, we stretch it leaving half a centimeter thick.
Cut out with a biscuit tin and bake at 180º for ten minutes. You can decorate afterwards with icing sugar, grated coconut or any of your own initiative
