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Pain d'épices
French spice bread (pain d'épices)
⏱ 45 minServes 4Easy490 kcal
A recipe from Le Chaudron — the cooking of France’s regions.
01 — Ingredients4 servings
150 ml (⅔ cup)water
70 g (2½ oz)brown sugar
100 g (3½ oz)runny honey
1Orange zest
2 tspspice mixfor pain d'épices
80 g (3 oz)Butter
200 g (7 oz)flour
1 tspbaking powder
- 150 ml (⅔ cup) water
- 70 g (2½ oz) brown sugar
- 100 g (3½ oz) runny honey
- 1 Orange zest
- 2 tsp spice mix for pain d'épices
- 80 g (3 oz) Butter
- 200 g (7 oz) flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
Quantities scaled for — some (egg, lemon, garlic…) are rounded to what’s practical.
Serves 4. In the app, quantities adjust to the number of guests on their own — and the ingredients go straight to your shopping list.
02 — Equipment
03 — Method
- Heat the water in a saucepan, add the brown sugar, then the honey, and stir in the orange zest. Stir and bring to a gentle boil. Add the pain d'épices spice mix and stir.
- Let infuse gently and add the butter in small pieces. Stir until the butter is fully melted.
- Put the flour and baking powder in a bowl. Pour the water/sugar/honey/spice mixture over and mix well until the batter is slightly elastic. Butter a pan or line it with parchment paper, pour in the batter and bake at 170 °C (340 °F) for 40 minutes.
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