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Lemon & ginger shortbread

Lemon & ginger shortbread

For Valentine's Day, make aphrodisiac biscuits with lemon and candied ginger slices. Both sweet and slightly spicy, these shortbread biscuits will ravish sweet toothers palate.

 

Preparation time: 10 minutes • Cooking time: 12 minutes • Resting time: 3 hours

Ingredients for approx. 40 shortbread biscuits

 

150 g soft butter

 

Method

  1. Cut the strips of candied ginger into small cubes.
  2. Wash, dry and remove fine lemon zests.
  3. Whip the butter with sugar for 2 minutes.
  4. Add the egg and whisk again.
  5. Add both flour and salt.
  6. Work the dough into an homogeneous paste and add both ginger and zest. Mix again.
  7. Shape  the dough into a ball, flatten it with a rolling pin between two sheets of baking parchment to a thickness of 2-3 mm, put in the fridge for 3 hours.
  8. Pre-heat the oven to 160°C.
  9. Roll out the dough, cut out shapes with heart-shaped biscuit cutters and place the biscuits on a baking tray covered with baking paper.
  10. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
  11. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
  12. Store in an airtight tin or metal box.

 

For your Valentine's Day dinner, find the selection of Petrossian's products delivered directly to your home (free delivery from Fr.150). And if you haven't yet found the perfect gift, choose a box to introduce your loved one to the art of caviar.


Alcohol abuse is dangerous for your health. Please drink in moderation.

 

Photographs: Aimery Chemin • Culinary stylism: Coralie Ferreira

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