100 g candied lemon peel and candied orange peel candied orange peel (finely chopped)
150 g sugar
5 eggs
150 g honey
3 tsp gingerbread spice
juice and zest of one lemon
500 g ground hazelnuts
30 round baking wafers (7 cm ?)
150 g dark chocolate coating
Instructions
1. Beat the eggs together with the honey and sugar in a bowl using a mixer or whisk until the mixture is light and frothy.
2. Gently fold in the gingerbread spice, the grated lemon zest, the lemon juice, the almonds, the citron, and the candied orange peel into the egg mixture.
3. Knead the ingredients together by hand to form a smooth dough.
4. Place wafer cookies (thin, round waffles) on two baking sheets lined with baking paper.
5. Distribute the dough evenly over the wafer cookies.
6. Let the topped wafers dry in the air for about 1 hour.
7. Preheat your oven to 150 degrees Celsius.
8. Bake the lebkuchen for approx. 25 minutes in the preheated oven.
9. Remove the trays and let the lebkuchen cool down completely.
10. Melt the chocolate coating slowly in a double boiler.
11. Coat the cooled lebkuchen with the melted chocolate.
12. Let the chocolate dry in the air until it is firm.
Nutrition per serving
kcal: 685
Protein: 12 g · Fett/Fat: 42 g · Carbs: 62 g
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