Hayma Gingerbread Set: Neunerlei, Treibkraft and Recipe Booklet

Pfefferkuchen and Lebkuchen are two words for the same baked good; the “Pfeffer” (pepper) in the name indicates robust spicing. Hayma Neunerlei is a gingerbread spice (Pfefferkuchengewürz, also called Lebkuchengewürz). “Neunerlei” means “of nine kinds”. Neunerlei spice is the name for a traditional Lebkuchen blend of nine spices; its composition is not fixed. According to the packaging, Hayma Neunerlei contains “the following ingredients, cold-ground with particular care: pepper (white), coriander, aniseed, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, lemon and orange peel”. Your recipe tells you how much of it goes into the dough.

Hayma Treibkraft is the matching raising agent. According to the packaging, it contains “raising agents, sodium hydrogen carbonate, baker’s ammonia (Hirschhornsalz), potassium hydrogen tartrate”. Alongside potash (Pottasche), Hirschhornsalz is one of the classic raising agents for Lebkuchen. During baking it breaks down into ammonia, carbon dioxide and water vapour; these gases aerate the dough.

Because the ammonia has to escape, Hirschhornsalz is suited to flat baked goods: there the gas dissipates during baking, and afterwards you can no longer taste any of it. It is not suitable for tall cakes. A booklet with recipe suggestions for Lebkuchen and Pfefferkuchen is included.

• Contents: 1 sachet of Hayma Neunerlei gingerbread spice (15 g), 1 sachet of Hayma Treibkraft (raising agent for Lebkuchen and Pfefferkuchen, 15 g), 1 booklet with recipe suggestions for Lebkuchen and Pfefferkuchen
• For: Lebkuchen and Pfefferkuchen
• Use: add the spice to the dough as your recipe directs; according to the packaging, one sachet of Treibkraft is enough for 1 kg of flour
• Brand: Hayma

Food information (according to the packaging):

Sachet 1 – Gingerbread spice (Pfefferkuchengewürz / Lebkuchengewürz)

• Ingredients: pepper (white), coriander, anise, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, lemon and orange peel
• Net quantity: 15 g

Sachet 2 – Raising agent for Lebkuchen and Pfefferkuchen (Leb- und Pfefferkuchen Triebmittel)

• Ingredients: raising agent (Backtriebmittel), sodium hydrogen carbonate, baker's ammonia (Hirschhornsalz), potassium hydrogen tartrate
• Net quantity: 15 g, sufficient for 1 kg of flour

• Food business operator (distributor): Exclusiv Handels & Dienstleistung GmbH, Triererstr. 176-178, 52078 Aachen
• Best before date: printed on the packaging

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