Gingerbread with chocolate chips

Ingredients

6 servings

• 1 sachet of NESTLÉ DESSERT dark chocolate chips
• 250 g of honey
• 180 g of water
• 250 g of T130 rye flour
• 10 g of gingerbread spices (or 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 1 tsp ground ginger, 2 star anise, 1 clove and 2 cardamom pods)
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 orange zest
• 100 g of whole almonds

Steps

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 150°C.

2. 2

   Heat the water in a saucepan. Once hot, pour in the honey and mix well to dissolve.

3. 3

   In a mixing bowl, combine the rye flour, baking soda, and spices. Add the water and honey, stirring until smooth, but do not overwork the dough. Remove the star anise and cardamom.

4. 4

   Add the chopped almonds and orange zest to the dough. Let cool for 5 minutes and add half the bag of chocolate chips.

5. 5

   Pour the batter into a non-stick loaf pan, sprinkle with chocolate chips, and bake for 1 hour.

6. 6

   As soon as it comes out of the oven, wrap the gingerbread while still hot in 2 layers of cling film.