I was hoping to make Pfeffernüssen this Jul (using min morfars recipe).
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I was hoping to make Pfeffernüssen this Jul (using min morfars recipe). But I can't find candied citron *anywhere* in the grocery stores, around here. I guess it's become an obscure ingredient since the last time I baked, six years ago.
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I was hoping to make Pfeffernüssen this Jul (using min morfars recipe). But I can't find candied citron *anywhere* in the grocery stores, around here. I guess it's become an obscure ingredient since the last time I baked, six years ago.
️@wannabemystiker most Danes will use a version which looks something like this:
https://www.valdemarsro.dk/pebernoedder/
I also add the orange juice to the dough to give a little extra. You can also experiment a bit with lemon if that's to your taste.
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I was hoping to make Pfeffernüssen this Jul (using min morfars recipe). But I can't find candied citron *anywhere* in the grocery stores, around here. I guess it's become an obscure ingredient since the last time I baked, six years ago.
️@wannabemystiker but also, it's super easy to candy lemon and other citrus fruits at home.
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@wannabemystiker most Danes will use a version which looks something like this:
https://www.valdemarsro.dk/pebernoedder/
I also add the orange juice to the dough to give a little extra. You can also experiment a bit with lemon if that's to your taste.
@EvilCartyen
This is quite different than the recipe that goes back to my great-grandmother (who was born in Aarhus). Her recipe calls for flour, powdered sugar, eggs, rum, candied citron, allspice, grated lemon peel, nutmeg, cardamon, cinnamon, ground cloves, and baking powder. What puzzles me is that they retained the tysk name for it, even though they were definitely Danish. It might have been due to when that branch of the family left Danmark (1890s) and Danes were still calling these cookies by their tysk name(?). -
@EvilCartyen
This is quite different than the recipe that goes back to my great-grandmother (who was born in Aarhus). Her recipe calls for flour, powdered sugar, eggs, rum, candied citron, allspice, grated lemon peel, nutmeg, cardamon, cinnamon, ground cloves, and baking powder. What puzzles me is that they retained the tysk name for it, even though they were definitely Danish. It might have been due to when that branch of the family left Danmark (1890s) and Danes were still calling these cookies by their tysk name(?).@wannabemystiker that sounds like the German or Dutch cake, which could well be popular in the cities or with specific families
these spiced shortcrust cakes exist in different forms all over northern Europe.
