Ginger Slices

AUTHOR
Avis Adkins
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
105 mins
TOTAL TIME
105 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 100
  • 350 g butter, 1 vanilla pod
  • 50 g fresh ginger
  • 225 g icing sugar, 1 pinch of salt
  • 500 g Flour, 1 egg white (Gr. M)
  • 250 g demerara sugar
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Lightly brown the butter at low heat. Pour into a bowl. Let it cool down until it is firm again. Cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the pulp. Peel and grate the ginger, weigh 30 g

  2. 2

    Cream butter, vanilla pulp, icing sugar and salt. Stir in 2/3 flour by the spoonful and ginger. Knead the rest of the flour into it

  3. 3

    First form the dough into 4 rolls (approx. 3 cm Ø), then into squares. Brush with beaten egg white and turn in brown sugar. Chill for 3-4 hours

  4. 4

    Cut the rolls into slices a good 1/2 cm thick. Place them with enough space on baking trays lined with baking paper. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 225 °C/circulating air: 200 °C/gas: level 4) for 6-7 minutes. Let them cool down

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