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#1 timar

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Posted 18 December 2016 - 11:37 AM


Ever wondered what seasonal confectionary looked like in the days before Big Food and the advent of refined sugar? This is one answer:
 
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Bavarian Fruit Bread, a traditional christmas bakery that dates back to the middle ages. Originally, it was made with sourdough and the nuts and dried fruits available in the region, such as hazelnuts, raisins, prunes and dried pears (hutzeln), although even then, townspeople used to show their wealth by including precious, imported ingredients such as almonds, dried figs and dates or candied citrus peel, which are common ingredients today, whereas dried pears are ironically hard to come by.
 
Here is a very simple recipe:
 
200 g whole wheat or spelt flour
4 medium sized eggs
100 g honey
200 g nuts
500 g dried fruits
1 tbsp rum
2 tsp baking agent
2 tsp cinnamon
 
For the bread shown above I used hazelnuts, raisins, figs, dates and candied lemon peel, but you can really use any types of nuts and dried fruits you like, as long as the fruits are rather soft and sweet. For the sake of convenience, this recipe uses eggs and baking agent, but for a vegan version you can use the more traditional sourdough (in this case it is recommended to first bake a small loaf of bread without nuts or fruits to see if the dough raises properly in order not to risk wasting all the precious ingredients). Cinnamon is the most commonly used spice, but if you like, you can add a pinch of other spices such as ginger, cloves, cardamom, mace and all-spice.

 

Preparation:
 
Cut larger fruits into several pieces and put all the fruits into a pot, add rum and 2 tsbp of water, cover with lid and set it sit for  a few hours or over night.
 
Whip the eggs with honey and add the flour mixed with baking agent and spices. Add the nuts and the soaked fruits and mix carefully. Put the dough into a fatted loaf pan and bake for about an hour at 160° C until the crust is gently browned.
 
Obviously, this fruit bread is quite caloric and high in sugar, but it is also very high in fiber and polyphenols. You'd be surprised how filling it is, compared to the usual sweet bakery made with lots of fat and refined flour. Thusm delicious as it is, you won't be tempted to gorge on it.


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Posted 22 December 2016 - 11:18 PM

 

 

 ... quite caloric...

 

Body Fatness and Cancer--Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group.

 

 


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#3 timar

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Posted 23 December 2016 - 01:02 AM

@blood:

https://www.ncbi.nlm...les/PMC4939998/
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#4 blood

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Posted 24 December 2016 - 04:57 AM

@timar:
 

Weight Gain over the Holidays in Three Countries

...In all three countries, the participants’ weight rose within 10 days after Christmas Day, as compared with 10 days before Christmas Day... weight increased by 0.7% (0.6 kg) in the participants from the United States and 1.0% (0.8 kg) in those from Germany during the Christmas–New Year holiday season... In these three prosperous countries, weight gain occurs during national holidays. Although this population sample may be wealthier, better educated, and more motivated toward weight loss than average, it still provides insights for practice. Advising a patient to have better self-control over the holidays is one approach. Yet given the weight-loss patterns shown in Figure 1, it might be better to advise patients that although up to half of holiday weight gain is lost shortly after the holidays, half the weight gain appears to remain until the summer months or beyond. Of course, the less one gains, the less one then has to worry about trying to lose it...


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Posted 24 December 2016 - 05:43 AM

Bugger, i wish i found out about this before it looks delicious. In keeping with the topic, there are some fairly healthy sweets here. http://nourishedkitc.../#sweets-treats. Merry christmas.


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#6 timar

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Posted 24 December 2016 - 12:22 PM

Wow, that's a shocking revelation. I didn't know this was all due to the consumption of Bavarian Fruit Bread!

I guess next year I'm going to put only noncaloric supplement pills on the christmas table. That will be really colorful.
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