Рецепт Chinese Five-Spice Tea Cookies
If you recall, my last post was a Furious Five-Spice Noodle Soup. I hadn’t had a lot of experience with this spice but I am now in love with it.
The smell of the cinnamon, cloves, star anise, and fennel along with the spiciness of Szechuan peppercorns made me think how good these flavors (and smells) would be in a cookie. A quick search and I found a recipe to adapt.
Chinese Five-Spice Tea Cookies
adapted from Culinate (from Martin Yan’s Asian Favorites by Martin Yan)
- 1 c. butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 2 t. almond extract
- 1/3 c. lite sour cream
- 1 c. whole wheat flour
- 1 ½ c. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 t. Chinese five-spice powder
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter until creamy. Beat in sugar, almond extract and sour cream.
In another bowl, stir together flours and five-spice. With mixer running, gradually add to butter mixture, blending thoroughly.
Shape dough into two discs, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm, about 45 minutes.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place one disc on a lightly floured surface. Roll into a sheet about ⅓ inch thick. With a cookie cutter, cut dough into circles (or cut with a sharp knife into strips 2½ inches long and ½ inch wide). Repeat.
Place cookies 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned, 25 to 30 minutes.
Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack and let cool completely.
Store in an airtight container.
The original recipe called for less five-spice and did not include sour cream. I thought the dough was too crumbly so I added the cream and increased the amount of spice. I also used some whole wheat flour.
These are a not-too-sweet shortbread and would be perfect with tea or coffee.
I am continuing to think of ways to use this great powder. After some surfing, I found that a tidbit can give chocolate dishes a “haunting” flavor, is delicious in fruit chutneys, could be used for a “dusting” for scrambled eggs (color me intrigued on that one)…..
I thought my spice jar might last me a long time…now I am not so sure! :)
Happy May Day!
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