Juniper berries have been used as medicine for centuries and in the kitchen. Delicious and healthy juniper berries are usually added to sauces for game dishes, fish stock, sauerkraut, or pickled vegetables, but they are rarely used in baking. I have used juniper berries in a very unusual way: as a spice together with some pink peppercorns for these delicious lemon cookies. The ground juniper berries give these cookies a sweet, aromatic and completely surprising flavour - be sure to try them! They are particularly tasty for the holidays, but of course also all year round, and go wonderfully with coffee, tea or hot chocolate.
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- Finely grind juniper and erythritol in a coffee/spice grinder. Place 2 tbsp of this in a bowl, set aside the rest for coating and topping.
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, add the butter, erythritol, salt and the 2 tbsp of juniper sugar, cream together with a hand mixer. Add the egg, lemon juice and half of the crushed pink peppercorns, mix. Beat in the fine polenta and white spelt flour.
- Divide the dough into 20 even portions and shape into balls. Roll each in the reserved juniper sugar, place on the prepared baking sheets. Press the balls flat, place a slice of lemon on each, sprinkle with remaining crushed pink pepper and the juniper sugar.
- Bake each sheet in the center of the hot oven for about 20 minutes. Remove, cool slightly and leave to cool on a wire rack until the lemon slices are dry.
20 comments:
Very unusual and interesting with that lemon on top. Under fine polenta you mean corn flour, or really polenta?
Polenta...it's yellowish and looks like corn meal.
yummy
ma che meraviglia! Complimenti!
..an unusual treat
New to me.
Oh, so stunning. I would love to try them!
Now I wonder where I can find juniper berries here, interesting they look delicious. Happy Holidays, Cheers Diane
Gracias por la receta. Te mando un beso.
You have such a great imagination: those cookies are beautiful!
Wonderful treats before Xmas
Many thanks for sharing this recipe.
All the best Jan
Oh, I really like lemon, yum!
I'm loving the lemon you added on the top. Does it make the cookies soggy or does the lemon dry out in the oven. These are super pretty to look at.
Biscoitinhos deliciosos adoro biscoito de limão bjs Angie.
These look amazing!
Tandy | Lavender and Lime https://tandysinclair.com
Looking good and they must be nice to eat, Angie.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Angie, Really interesting and intriguing cookies! I suspect that I'd have to go on line to find juniper berries but I sure would like to sample a couple of these special cookies! Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
Your cookies look delicious, like all that you cook!! Happy Holiday!!
Hello Angie,
Your cookies look delicious!
Take care, have a wonderful day!
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