Nutcracker (pastry)
Nutcrackers are flat, round baked goods with whole or roughly chopped nut kernels, mostly hazelnuts . A roasted mass made from sugar and fats, including milk or cream , either forms the body of the pastry, baked in rings, or spread on a base made of shortcrust pastry . The underside is coated with couverture .
According to the guiding principles for fine baked goods of the German Food Book, the mass may contain a maximum of 5% flour. It may only be coated with couverture.
See also Florentines (pastries)
Individual evidence
- ^ IREKS Arkady Institute for Bakery Science (ed.): IREKS ABC of the bakery. 4th edition. Institute for Bakery Science, Kulmbach 1985
- ^ German food book, guidelines for fine baked goods