From the past to the present - the historical facts about the most famous gingerbread in Russia. And of course, this Tula gingerbread recipe.
Not only Tula!
According to Russian carrots can study the geography and history of Russia. Because every village had its own - Pryanichnikov.
The best gift from the city was he: beautiful printed gingerbread glaze. Not just a square or round, as we used to. And in a house, fish, rabbit, flower.
I remember how my grandmother told me that her father had brought her a cake in the shape of a doll, and his brother - a horse.
So they did not eat these cakes, they played them as our children are now playing in their plastic or plush toys.
But back to the Tula gingerbread. We still have the word "carrot" is only one geographic association - "Tula". Mal who knows that carrots do everywhere, but Tula special.
Tula gingerbread - the patriarch and the emperor Russian gingerbread. A city of Tula is inextricably linked not only with weapons, and the samovar, but also printed gingerbread.
The history of the famous gingerbread from Tula
What is the carrot? Right from the title it is clear that there must be a spice. That is not the usual pastries and spicy or holiday, as discussed earlier.
Carrot - confection manufactured from a special gingerbread dough with a filling of fruit jam or jelly, condensed milk, and so forth.
There gingerbread raisins, honey and nuts.
To make the personality and texture to the cake is applied to the embossed pattern - printing. Then, the finished cake covered with icing, so that the print surface is smooth and beautiful.
The first cakes were made not in Tula, and in Western Europe. They appeared in the XIII century and served as a decoration and gifts for Christmas.
Those were sweet gingerbread honey products with citrus, almonds and spices from the East, also covered with icing sugar.
But we, in Russia, cakes appeared only in the XVI century, in a period of great geographical discoveries.
The first mention of the name of Tula gingerbread in written sources dates back to 1685 year, but by the time the gingerbread Tula baked for a long time. Just wrote about this event in the year.
Tula gingerbread for over 300 years. He survived 13 emperors and many party leaders, the myriad wars and several revolutions. And still popular and incredibly delicious.
In ancient times, Tula craftsmen produced cakes are not similar to modern. They were called Zhamkov - are small round gingerbread form without decoration and glaze.
Adding zhamok dough nuts, honey and mint - was the beginning of the history of the most Russian of spicy products, which are now called gingerbread.
How do printed gingerbread?
All Pryanichnikov was one basic recipe, it is little different from today's, but it supplements the master turned it into a very special cake. In addition to the test, an essential tool for the production of printed or stick form was printed.
The forms were made of wood, they were created from the plates on which was cut pattern in mirror image. With these forms of gingerbread gets a unique design which are reflected Tula attractions, holidays, greetings, etc.
Each Pryanichnikov had their own forms to create the gingerbread and gingerbread masters at that time there were so many, so various cakes were myriad.
Almost every carrot was unique and not similar to the product competitor.
And what is the test?
From ancient recipes known custard, honey, mustard, creamy, fruit, mint and other cakes.
Recipes gingerbread, kept strictly secret and passed on his sons.
In the notebook Tula famous confectioner PI Kozlov was found here is a recipe for gingerbread Tula:
"Tula Gingerbread:
2 pounds of flour krupitchatoy,
2 pounds of soft flour,
one pound of honey
2 pounds of sugar,
half pound of butter oil (vegetable can)
2 eggs.
Knead gently in order to avoid inhaling. Grease wooden mold (gingerbread), vegetable oil, "print", adding printed on the board and after otpekat in a very hot oven, turning regularly. "
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