Sig's Layered German Lebkuchen Treat

Name: Sig's Layered German Lebkuchen Treat
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 30 grams almond shavings; 75 grams golden caster or muscovado sugar; 115 grams Printen or Lebkuchen (German Christmas thick gooey gingerbread or honeybread) chocolate covered, with almonds if you can get them; 1 can or jar about 200 ml winter berries in juice or cherry pie filling; 450 grams quark or creme fraiche; tinfoil; oil for brushing tinfoil; 1 pinch the most of cinnamon for dusting over each dessert (optioonal)

Sigrun @sigrun

German, living in England

Lebkuchen is a ginger type cake , often you see Lebkuchen Hearts at fairs and such. At Christmas time more spices are added and Lebkuchen is often chocolate cover. Here they make a love addition to a fruit quark a dessert also eaten traditionally in Germany. #festivetreats1

Sigrun @sigrun

German, living in England

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Ingredients

4 servings

30 gramsalmond shavings
75 gramsgolden caster or muscovado sugar
115 gramsPrinten or Lebkuchen (German Christmas thick gooey gingerbread or honeybread) chocolate covered, with almonds if you can get them
1 canor jar about 200 ml winter berries in juice or cherry pie filling
450 gramsquark or creme fraiche
tinfoil
oil for brushing tinfoil
1 pinchthe most of cinnamon for dusting over each dessert (optioonal)

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Steps

1

In a pan dry roast the almond shavings until they are brown then sprinkle with 25 grams of the sugar and caramelise them
2

Brush the tin foil and put the almonds on the tin foil set aside
3

Break down the lebkuchen biscuits into crumbs set aside
4

Now mix all but one tablespoon of the fruit with the quark with a little of the juice and 50 grams sugar. Layer the biscuits with the fruit cream several times,top with rest of fruit and the set aside almonds
5

Chill for a short while,decorate in a festive manner if you like and sprinkle with a little cinnamon, if you like and top with the sugared almonds.