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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2015 VIII Christmas Supplement VIII Christmas Supplement Pippa Mattei Ingredients • 90g butter • 200g dark brown sugar • 250ml clear honey • 2 tsp finely grated lemon rind • 2 eggs beaten lightly • 750g plain flour • 150 g self-raising flour • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda • 2 tsp ground ginger • 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon • 1 tsp ground cloves • ½ tsp ground nutmeg • ½ tsp ground cardamom • Assorted sweets and a silver covered cake board 40cm x 30cm • Some brown paper to cut patterns • 500g white fondant mould- ing icing • 750g royal icing • Some icing sugar for dust- ing Glaze • 1 tbsp caster sugar • 2 tbsp water • ½ tsp powdered gelatine Method 1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 2. Combine butter, sugar and honey in a medium pan, stir over low heat until sugar dissolves, cool for 10 mins. 3. Transfer mixture to large bowl; stir in rind, eggs and sifted dry ingredients and mix into a dough. Turn onto a floured surface, knead gently until mixture loses its stickiness; cover, refrig- erate ½ - 1 hour. 4. Cut paper patterns for gingerbread house; cut two rectangles each 20cm x 15cm for the roof; two rectangles each 15cm x 10cm for sides; and two rectangles 19cm x 16cm for the front and back, and from each end piece cut a sloping roof from the centre of one side to half way down two opposite sides. 5. Roll out the dough on lightly floured surface until 1cm thick; cut shapes from dough using paper pat- terns; re-rolling dough as necessary. 6. Transfer the sections to the baking sheets. Cut the door and four windows. Bake all the sections for 10-15 mins until begin- ning to colour around the edges. Stand gingerbread on trays for 5 mins, brush with glaze. Transfer glazed gingerbread to wire racks to cool. 7. Now assemble house, spread some royal icing over the cake board then putting some icing into a piping bag fitted with a writing nozzle, secure the sides and ends of the cottage to the board us- ing more icing to glue the sections together at the corners. Spread the top edges with more icing and secure the roof sections. Leave for about two hours to set. (Remember to leave the icing covered with a damp cloth). 8. Spread a little more icing over the roof sections. Roll out the fondant moulding paste to a rectangle and use to cover the roof. Use the trimmings to make a chimney. Pipe little icicles around the edges of the roof with the icing in the piping bag. 9. Secure windows using icing in the bag and pipe window panes. Now spread the remaining icing around the house making a path with sweets and possibly a bench, logs etc. Place your figurines or gingerbread men in front of the house. 10. Finally sift extra icing sugar over the whole house to resemble snowfall, and decorate edge of board with a ribbon if desired. Christmas baking with the kids www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt www.teatrumanoel.com.mt 7HDWUX0DQRHO%RRNLQJ2I¿FH7 (ERRNLQJV#WHDWUXPDQRHOFRPPW Ǥ͕ƪǡ͖͙͜ Ǥ͗ƪǡǤ͛͘ Ǥ͕͙ ǡǤ͙͗ȋȌ Sponsored by The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey W E D 9 D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 5 · 8 P M T E A T R U M A N O E L P R E - R E C I T A L T A L K 7 . 1 5 P M GÜLSIN ONAY PIANO RECITAL MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY SAYGUN CHOPIN BACH 1091. Teatru - Gulsin Onay - 20x2.indd 1 30/11/2015 15:57 Christmas is a time for indulgence and it just wouldn't be the same without baking. Though the end result is what we are most looking forward to, the process of creating these delicious treats with the help of your kids is just as much fun. So invest in some family time this Christmas, keep the kids out of trouble and walk away with these tasty morsels. If that's not a win-win situation, I don't know what is! The Gingerbread House