Ginger watering cans

This dessert is something like homemade gingerbread. Yummy! The Jews usually call any sponge cake a beautiful word "watering cans" ("lekah"), but in the traditional sense, Watering cans are a special dish - gingerbread on honey dough, fragrant with a light aroma of oriental spices. This food is very popular on Rosh Hashanah day and other holidays both among the Jews of Israel and around the world. We will also cook Watering cans according to the traditional Jewish recipe. Moreover, it is not long at all and is not very difficult.
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Composition / ingredients

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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 8 % 5 g
Fats 17 % 11 g
Carbohydrates 76 % 50 g
336 kcal
GI: 2 / 0 / 98

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 40 min
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To begin with, mix cinnamon, soda and sugar with flour, then beat eggs into this mixture, pour honey, butter and beat everything thoroughly with a mixer or a wooden spoon. Try to beat the dough until it becomes smooth. Add orange juice and ground ginger to the resulting mass. Pour the finished dough into a baking dish lined with paper. The area does not matter, it can be either small cupcakes or a whole pie. However, the height of the form should not exceed 5-8 cm. Bake the watering cans in a preheated 180 degree oven until ready. At the same time, it is necessary to check the dough with a thin wooden stick.

Before serving, it is recommended to wrap the watering cans in foil and keep them in the room for 2 days, then its taste and aroma will become more saturated.

Bon appetit!

Calorie content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Honey - 400   kcal/100g
  • Ginger - 80   kcal/100g
  • Dry ginger - 347   kcal/100g
  • Pickled ginger - 51   kcal/100g
  • Cinnamon - 247   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Orange juice - 36   kcal/100g
  • Baking soda - 0   kcal/100g

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