Lebkuchen (spiced Christmas cookies)

Lebkuchen, or spice cookies from Nuremberg, are German Christmas spice cookies, fabulous to enjoy with mulled wine or hot tea, but also to offer on Christmas.

The original Nuremberg Lebkuchen, (Nűrnberg Lebkuchen or Elisen Lebkuchen), among the most famous German candies, are made from nuts, without flour and without yeast and can be from 5cm or 7cm up to 9cm in size.

From this ancestral recipe, many variations were born: with almonds, honey, similar to gingerbread cookies, chocolate, iced ...

a little history...

The term "Lebkuchen" derives from the old German word "Lebbe" (very sweet) and therefore means "sweet cake", but it can also derive from the Latin "libum" (focaccia), since the monks of Nuremberg, already in the In the 13th century, they prepared a focaccia with honey and the juice of medicinal herbs, from which the current Lebkuchen came.

The first production of these spicy cookies took place in Nuremberg in 1643.

Taste Lebkuchen with grape wine:

Sangue di Giuda passito DOC or Fior d'Arancio DOCG, Italy

Valais AOC Amigne Mitis Grain Noble Vétroz, Switzerland

Jour de Fruit, Monbazillac AOC or Barsac Sauternes AOC, France