Gingerbread cat to

Description

Inspired by the tale Marshak "cat house"... Listen, children! Once there were cats in the world! Not like all the cats, and fold a little bit... they Lived, not grieve, all around their loved... But found out cats that cat Year is knocking at the window...

Ingredients

Flour

500 g
Rye flour

500 g
Honey

325 g
Lemon peel

1 piece
Cinnamon

0.5 tsp
Ginger

0.5 tsp
Cardamom

0.25 tsp
Carnation

3 piece
Chicken egg

2 piece
Butter

150 g
Sugar

150 g
Soda

1 tsp
Rum

30 g
Powdered sugar

150 g
Egg white

1 piece

Cooking

Narrator: "Listen, children! Once there were cats in the world! Not like all the cats, and fold a little bit. They lived, not grieve, all around loved, But learned cat that cat Year is knocking at the window! Aunt cat: "Oh, my dear children, how are we supposed to celebrate? All will be to meet the New Year and will glorify cats!"

The janitor Athanasius: "Let us for boys, girls will Build a fabulous gingerbread house!"

Niece: "We'll go to mom ane, Ask postraat with us! In the kitchen we sit And songs she pomolchim!"

Narrator: "of Course I agreed and here is what we got... such a Festive, Christmas, gingerbread cat house!

The recipe of this gingerbread dough - from ancient Russian cuisine. Its main feature is that the dough in the cold has to Mature, to ripen during the week. During this time, the dough changes its composition, fermented, and we get a completely different, amazing Goodies gingerbread dough... this Method is now almost never used due to our eternal lack of time, but... it's a very special occasion for this recipe - New year, Christmas... try? And yet... we will revive the old tradition and technology... Honey (and 325 g is a full measuring Cup of 250 ml) a little heat, will mix with ground spices and lemon zest...

Take the half portion of flour (rye and wheat), make a pile with the deepening and pour back honey, knead the dough. Of the total amount of oil, take 50 grams, melt, pour in our dough and continue to knead until the butter has cooled... Soda to dissolve in the rum or cognac, add to the dough, mix... beat the Eggs with the sugar and also add to the dough remaining half of the flour to add, and all the dough that we got, knead until smooth, softness and uniformity...

Take a bowl with cover of suitable size, properly lubricated with oil and spread the dough, smoothed out, remove in the fridge for a week.

While the dough is brewing, prepare the pattern for the gingerbread house. Here is where carousing fantasy, most importantly, to match all patterns in height, length, width... it is better to cut patterns from cardboard and assemble the house to see the inaccuracies and inconsistencies... Well, that passed a week removed from the refrigerator the dough, it will be very tight, solid below its softening, it is necessary to cut small pieces and mix with slices of butter (we had 100 g) to plastilinovaja, the softness of the dough, roll out on a substrate, the dough is manageable, not sticky. For the walls of the cabin rolled to a thickness of 0.5 cm for the roof - thinner, cut out our items from test...

A baking sheet (I use silicone mats) lubricated and gently move the blank out of the test (I just turned the backing off the cut out dough, gently pull a knife and move on the Mat)

Details of house baked until Golden at T 180 degrees for 11-13 minutes.

And here's a little secret of the old kitchen after baking all the cakes lubricated with jam, marmalade... fingers literally rubbing jam into the surface of the carrot jam is a primer for the frosting and covers the entire surface of the stick from drying out...

And now for the frosting... white of an egg, whisk with a fork, icing sugar (150 g freshly ground and sifted) a tea spoon added to the protein and whisk, whisk... the frosting will turn smooth, smooth, moderately thick, does not spread, so basically, is what we need...

Paint the walls of the house with white frosting and then color (you can use sugar or colored pencils to tint the icing dyes). For painting I used regular files, spread glaze thinly and then cut the corner and go! Yes, the glaze will need a lot, but you need to mix fresh each time - 1 protein, was used, involved a new...

All the details painted, waited until dry, and then began to build a house on the edge of the details from the inside apply a thick layer of frosting...

Here, of course, need helpers, but my helpers at work here and helped me with all sorts of boxes (for back walls). Wait until the glaze hardens, and outside the house go over a glaze will hide all the inconsistencies, errors, and strengthen the walls of the house...

When the icing hardens, the house becomes very strong, but I still left it to dry overnight and the next day took the roof... Frosting lubricated the roof and put the shingles ready pads...

Here is our house and ready, but it's the cat's house! So make a gingerbread-kittens... after smearing jam gingerbread entirely lubricated frosting with a spatula...