Section XLI: Gingerbread — Twenty-Three Historical Pryaniki Recipes
A compact collection of twenty-three numbered pryaniki recipes, translated individually into English and linked here in their printed order.
A compact collection of twenty-three numbered pryaniki recipes, translated individually into English and linked here in their printed order.
What this chapter contains
The recipes range across types of flour, sweeteners and flavorings. Among their titles are rye-flour and wheat-flour gingerbreads, chocolate gingerbread, rose-water gingerbread, almond versions and other regional or household variants.
Pryaniki are a family of spiced or sweet baked goods, not simply the same as modern English gingerbread. The original recipes record historical ingredients, quantities and methods, which should be read in the context of their time.
The chapter itself is largely an index rather than a long essay, so the English recipe list below provides access to all twenty-three original entries.
Main topics
- Rye and wheat flour
- Honey, sugar and syrup
- Almond and chocolate
- Regional pryaniki
Numbered recipes in English
The original chapter lists 23 unique numbered recipes. The following links open their English translations, in the original printed order.
Recipes 3222–3244
- No. 3222 — Rye-Flour Gingerbread
- No. 3223 — Gingerbread with Fine Wheat Flour
- No. 3224 — Chocolate-Glazed Gingerbread
- No. 3225 — Rosewater Gingerbread
- No. 3226 — Almond Gingerbread
- No. 3227 — Toruń Gingerbread
- No. 3228 — Gingerbread, Another Method
- No. 3229 — Sugar Gingerbread
- No. 3230 — Honey Gingerbread with Spices
- No. 3231 — Gingerbread without Spices
- No. 3232 — Molasses Gingerbread
- No. 3233 — Molasses Gingerbread, Another Method
- No. 3234 — Raspberry Gingerbread
- No. 3235 — Honey Gingerbread
- No. 3236 — Rye-Dough Gingerbread
- No. 3237 — Gingerbread with Rosewater and Almonds
- No. 3238 — Nut-Shaped Gingerbread
- No. 3239 — Red Gingerbread
- No. 3240 — Chocolate Gingerbread
- No. 3241 — Sugar Gingerbread
- No. 3242 — Honey Gingerbread
- No. 3243 — Excellent Sugar Gingerbread with Icing
- No. 3244 — Rye Gingerbread with Berries
Related English reading: Explore this topic.