Pain d’épices

Nicolas Rouzaud

Nicolas Rouzaud

28th December 2023
Nicolas Rouzaud

Pain d’épices

90 min

The Connaught Patisserie by Nicolas Rouzaud

Ingredients

  • 1600g Water
  • 600g unsalted butter
  • 1000g caster sugar
  • 1600g Honey
  • 4 orange zest
  • 16g cinnamon
  • 14g star anise blitzed
  • 2200g rye flour
  • 160g Baking powder
  • 300g Orange jam

Method

Bring to boil the butter and water.
Pour it on your sugar, honey, and star anise.
Sift the rye flour with the baking powder and cinnamon.
Add your liquid, the zest and the orange jam.
Mix slowly everything together.
Cook it at 160C.

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