Justin's Lebkuchen

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Justin's Lebkuchen

A variation of Elisenlebkuchen, which contain no flour. Makes ca 45-60 Lebkuchen, 7cm.

Vegan, gluten-free (with the right kind of oblaten), certainly not low-fat or low-sugar.

Primary ingredients

• 900g nuts or similar. Preferred mixture:
  • 200g coconut
  • 200g hazelnut
  • 200g almonds
  • 300g cashews
• 600g (brown) sugar
• 300g raisins and/or dried plums
• 150g linseeds + 450ml water (or 10 eggs)
• 50ml rum
• 1/2 lemon, juice and peel shaving
• 5g potassium carbonate (Pottasche)
• lots of Oblaten

Spice mixture

(most of them non-powdered, if possible)

• 20g cinnamon (powder)
• 4g ginger (powder)
• 1-2 vanilla beans (or some aroma I guess)
• 1g star anis
• 3g allspice (piment)
• 2g cloves
• 4g black pepper
• 1g cumin
• 1g black cumin
• 3g nutmeg
• 3g cardamom

Preparation

The linseeds

1. Grind to fine powder
2. mix with water
3. let it sit while you do the other stuff

The spices

1. smash the whole spices to chunky bits with mortar
2. roast the whole spices a little in a pan or so
3. grind them to powder and mix

The nuts

• Grind all the nuts, ideally so they have mixed grain size (from powder to tiny chunks)

The raisins/dried plums

• Grind or smash or smoosh them to a pulp

Finally

1. Mix it all up well
2. spread it on oblaten
3. bake around 25-30 minutes at 170 C (convection)

Notes

• I recommend a food processor, mill or high-power blender for grinding the nuts and raisins (I use a Vitamix)
• You can probably just use pre-ground nuts and spices for everything without too much loss of flavor.
• Most nut mixtures will work, but the texture may vary.
• The lemon is necessary to activate the potassium carbonate. You can substitute it with lime or some other acid.
• The "dough" is easier to spread evenly on the oblaten if you dip your fingers in water before.