Recipes · French · Gingerbread

Pain d'Épices

One serving has 264 kcal and 5 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (48%) and selenium (21%). Ready in 65 minutes.

Pain d'Épices
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • Preparation: 15 min
  • Cooking: 50 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (96.1 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Vegetarian
  • Contains: dairy, egg, gluten, honey

Ingredients

  • 20 g Flour, rye
  • 15 g Flour, all-purpose
  • 35 g Honey
  • 5 g Molasses
  • 15 g Milk, whole
  • 5 g Eggs, whole, raw
  • 0.4 g Baking soda
  • 0.3 g Cinnamon
  • 0.1 g Cloves
  • 0.2 g Ginger, ground
  • 0.1 g Anise seed

Method

  1. Warm the honey and molasses gently with the milk until runny, then cool slightly and whisk in the egg.
  2. In a separate bowl, mix the rye flour, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and anise.
  3. Combine the wet and dry ingredients into a smooth batter.
  4. Pour into a lined loaf tin and bake at 160°C (325°F) for about 50 minutes, for a full loaf, until a skewer comes out clean; a single slice's worth bakes in about 12-15 minutes in a small tin.
  5. Cool completely before slicing; it improves after a day wrapped in foil.
  6. Makes 1 slice of a 10-slice loaf; multiply every ingredient by 10 for the whole loaf.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy264 kcal12%
Carbohydrates60.4 g
Water28.2 mL
Fiber3.1 g10%
Protein5 g10%
Tryptophan0.06 g
Threonine0.16 g
Isoleucine0.17 g
Leucine0.33 g
Lysine0.17 g
Methionine0.09 g
Cystine0.05 g
Phenylalanine0.24 g
Tyrosine0.14 g
Valine0.21 g
Histidine0.1 g
Fat1.5 g
Monounsaturated0.37 g
Polyunsaturated0.34 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-60.28 g
Saturated0.51 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol20.1 mg
Calcium43.7 mg4%
Copper0.14 mg16%
Iron1.8 mg10%
Magnesium31.8 mg10%
Manganese0.87 mg48%
Phosphorus87.7 mg13%
Potassium215 mg5%
Selenium11.4 µg21%
Sodium127 mg
Zinc0.77 mg10%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.19 mg17%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.16 mg15%
Niacin (vitamin B3)1.4 mg10%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.36 mg7%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.12 mg9%
Folate (vitamin B9)38.1 µg10%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.11 µg5%
Choline22.5 mg5%
Vitamin A15 µg2%
Vitamin C0.21 mg0%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)11.8 IU2%
Vitamin E0.4 mg3%
Vitamin K1.5 µg2%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.1 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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