Recipe - French Spice Bread (Pain d'Epices)
I believe this will be my last entry for this challenge.
Normally, putting a little ginger in something, I wouldn't submit that, but this is a ginger-prominent loaf. Ground ginger...minced fresh ginger...crystallized ginger -
it's got all the gingers!
This is wonderful, delicious, pretty easy, and is just perfect to accompany a nice hot bev of your choice, especially on a cold day. It's pure comfort. Nice bite from the ginger, and the mace just pushes it up that much more, and that little hit of black pepper...it's a spicy one, that's for sure. I love the occasional chewy bit of the crystallized ginger. Harder than a raisin, but not much, and a great little flavor pop.
All that gets a good counterpoint from the honey, a full cup. As the song says, this has so much honey, the bees envy it. I can barely stomach working with raw honey, the smell, texture, and taste make me want to up my chucks, but I love it as an ingredient, and it's just beautiful here.
Note the unevenness along the bottom. Even though I used a lot of butter to grease the pan, there was still some sticking on the bottom. Next time, I'll fit a piece of parchment paper in there.
