Chateau Gateau

Roopa

This directly translates to “pepper nuts” and are a traditional European spice cookie. Black pepper used to be very rare and expensive, so this was a special ingredient in a cookie.

COOKIES

INGREDIENTS

• 2 whole eggs
• 80 g brown sugar
• 80 g granulated sugar
• lemon zest
• 200 g cake flour
• 30 g almond flour
• 4 g baking powder
• 3 g cinnamon
• 1 g cardamom
• 1 g nutmeg
• 1 g ginger
• 1 g allspice
• 1 g cloves
• 1 g black pepper
• 20 g crystallized ginger
• 10 g candied orange (or other fruits)

DIRECTIONS

1. Whisk together eggs and sugars in a bowl
2. Sift together all dry ingredients in a separate bowl and mix in chopped candied orange and ginger
3. Add the mixtures together and work them together
4. Refrigerate for at least a few hours
5. Split in half and roll into logs, and divide into 24 portions
6. Roll into balls and bake at 325 F until light brown

COOKIE GLAZE

INGREDIENTS

• 160 g icing sugar
• 40 g corn starch
• 2 g vanilla
• water (as needed)

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix together all ingredients until desired texture is obtained
2. Glaze the cooled cookies