Pfefferkuchen-Schneeflocken mit JohannisbeergeleeGingerbread Snowflakes with Red Currant Jelly

Endlich wieder Plätzchen und zwar Pfefferkuchen gefüllt mit Johannisbeergelee! Ich mag Pfefferkuchen ja sowieso, so gefüllt mit Gelee kannte ich sie bisher nicht, es passt aber sehr gut zusammen! Aber ich mag mit Marmelade gefüllte Plätzchen sowieso sehr gerne ;).

Die Pfefferkuchen sind richtig schön würzig und den Pfeffer des „Pfeffer“kuchens“ spürt man übrigens! Erst sind die Plätzchen süß und dann huch, zack kurze Pfefferwürze und dann fruchtige Marmelade und wieder Plätzchensüße. Sooo gut!

Ihr müsst Euch natülich nicht zwangsweise solche Mühe machen wie ich, ihr könnte jeden Ausstecher eurer Wahl verwenden und dann zwei Plätzchen zusammenkleben. Fertig!

 Pfefferkuchen mit Johannisbeergelee

Vor zwei Jahren: Wildschweinkeule mit Hagebuttensauce

Vor drei Jahren: Schokoladenkekse mit Fleur de Sel

Vor vier Jahren: Eierlikör und Lebkuchen

Today I provide you another kind of Christmas cookie: gingerbread cookies with red currant jelly! I already loved gingerbread, but I didn’t knew it filled with jelly. But the combination is a great match! But I’m a sucker for jam filled cookies anyway ;).

The gingerbread cookies are spiced really well and you will notice the pepper in the gingerbread (in German these cookies are called „pepper cake“)! First the cookies are sweet, then you taste the spice of the pepper and then the fruity jam and again cookie sweetness. So very good!

You don’t have to cut out such elaborate cookies like me, use your favourite cookie cutter and glue two cookies together with jam and you’re done!

Pfefferkuchen mit Johannisbeergelee

Two years ago: wild boar with rose hip sauce

Three years ago: chocolate cookies with fleur de sel

Four years ago: eggnog and gingerbread

Friandaises mit roten JohannisbeerenRed Currant Friandaises

Update: Für das deutsche Rezept nach unten scrollen!

When I remember of red currants, I think of me as a child, standing in front of the red currant bushes in the garden of my relatives in Coburg. Just plucking and nibbling one after the other with pleasure. Really loved that time of year, since I’m still loving it today. And I’m still in love with red currants.

Friandaises mit roten Johannisbeeren

Unfortunately we don’t have a garden, so no nibbling them straight from the bushes for me. But by the time you buy them and they are coming in boxes, it isn’t so tempting anymore to eat them straight away. So I thought about what I could do with them anyway. Since I was also looking for something, which uses up some of my left over egg whites, I just thought of friandaises. Usually I make them with flaked almonds. The friandaises are light and mellow pastries with crunchy edges. They are divine! And they use up 6 egg whites!

Friandaises mit roten Johannisbeeren

I substituted the almond flakes with red currants. The red currants are really pairing well in the friandaises! I’m evenly surprised, how good the red currants come of in pastry in general. So maybe there will be coming up more with them!

Friandaises mit roten Johannisbeeren

Traditionally friandaises are baked in little moulds formed like ships. But since It’s a lot of dough just for the ships I also put some dough in moulds, that were about the same size like muffin moulds. In the smaller moulds your friandaises will become more crispy, which I prefer. Another good option may be moulds for madeleines, since they are also very small.

Friandaises mit roten Johannisbeeren

Friandaises mit roten Johannisbeeren

When I remember of red currants, I think of me as a child, standing in front of the red currant bushes in the garden of my relatives in Coburg. Just plucking and nibbling one after the other with pleasure. Really loved that time of year, since I’m still loving it today. And I’m still in love with red currants.

Red Currant Friandaises

Unfortunately we don’t have a garden, so no nibbling them straight from the bushes for me. But by the time you buy them and they are coming in boxes, it isn’t so tempting anymore to eat them straight away. So I thought about what I could do with them anyway. Since I was also looking for something, which uses up some of my left over egg whites, I just thought of friandaises. Usually I make them with flaked almonds. The friandaises are light and mellow pastries with crunchy edges. They are divine! And they use up 6 egg whites!

Red Currant Friandaises

I substituted the almond flakes with red currants. The red currants are really pairing well in the friandaises! I’m evenly surprised, how good the red currants come of in pastry in general. So maybe there will be coming up more with them!

Red Currant Friandaises

Traditionally friandaises are baked in little moulds formed like ships. But since It’s a lot of dough just for the ships I also put some dough in moulds, that were about the same size like muffin moulds. In the smaller moulds your friandaises will become more crispy, which I prefer. Another good option may be moulds for madeleines, since they are also very small.

Red Currant Friandaises

Red Currant Friandaises