The taste of Elisen gingerbread is characterized by its high almond and nut content of at least 25 percent. Their production is the supreme discipline of gingerbread making: ours come from the Hatzel brothers in Selb in the Fichtelgebirge, where they have been produced for more than 90 years - still by hand and according to their grandfather's original recipe.

The forerunners of the gingerbread we know today originated in Belgium. Their recipes were first adopted by the people of Aachen and later by the Franconian monasteries, and were modified in each case. As gingerbread requires honey and, above all, rare spices from distant countries (such as cinnamon, cloves and aniseed, as well as cardamom, coriander, ginger and nutmeg), the gingerbread tradition initially developed in important trading cities such as Nuremberg and Basel - whose Nuremberg gingerbread and Basler Läckerli became world-famous. There are also many popular regional specialties, for example from Switzerland or Dijon in France. Over time, many different recipes have developed from regional traditions (and the goods available).

The Hatzel gingerbread confectionery from Selb in the Fichtelgebirge region stands for masterly confectionery art, pure craftsmanship and recipes that have been handed down for generations. The Elisen gingerbread, for example, is still prepared according to the original recipe of master confectioner Lorenz Hatzel, who founded the confectionery and adjoining café in 1928. Today, his grandsons Christian and Michael Hatzel are the third generation to run the business. And in addition to classic baking utensils such as copper kettles, whisks, wooden spoons, rolling pins and dough scrapers, they still use the tried-and-tested manual spreading machine from the early days. Because the focus is still on the best ingredients and a flair for the right composition, Hatzel's Elisen gingerbread is almost incomparably good.

Specification:

Gingerbread

Ingredients:

sugar, almonds, hazelnuts, protein, marzipan (almonds, sugar, water), candied lemon peel, candied orange peel (orange peel, lemon peel, cedar fruit, glucose, fructose syrup, sucrose, acidifier: Citric acid, antioxidant: sulfur dioxide), wheat flour, humectant: sorbitol, milk chocolate (milk, emulsifier: soy lecithin), dark chocolate coating (emulsifier: soy lecithin), icing (powdered sugar, water), raising agents: Ammonium carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, spices, wafers (contains gluten)

origin/origin:

Germany

Responsible Food Business Operator:

Hatzel Lebkuchen-Konditorei GmbH
Ludwigstrasse 32
95100 Selb
Germany