Aachener Printen
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sugar beets
.
The term is a
protected geographical indication, meaning that all manufacturers must be located in or near Aachen.[1]
History
Aachener Printen were at least partially created due to the numerous pilgrims who wanted to visit the
cane sugar and honey, the most important ingredients for the pastry. The bakers replaced the sweeteners with sugar and syrup from local beets. An original baker named Henry Lambertz then came up with the idea of rolling out the dough over raised molds. The robust cookies can be efficiently produced in large quantities and are ideal as travel provisions, which is why their reputation has spread far beyond Aachen. The Lambertz-Gruppe, founded in 1688, is Aachen's oldest and largest manufacturer of Printen.[3][4]
Production
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Originally sweetened with honey, nowadays Aachener Printen are sweetened with the syrup from
trade embargo, banning all trade with the main supplier of honey, the United States. The tradition of sweetening with sugar beets
was kept even after Napoleon was defeated and the French occupation lifted.
Printen are made from a variety of ingredients including
. The exact mixture of these ingredients, however, is a close kept secret of the individual Printen bakeries.Additionally to the original Printen, there are also Printen with nuts (usually almonds), covered in chocolate or glaze and marzipan.
See also
References
- ^ eAmbrosia. The EU geographical indications register. "Aachener Printen". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
- ^ "La couque de Dinant et de Rins". City of Dinant. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "Steinhart, duftend, lecker: Kulturgut Aachener Printen". National Geographic.
- ^ Florian Langenscheidt, Bernd Venohr (Hrsg.): Lexikon der deutschen Weltmarktführer. Die Königsklasse deutscher Unternehmen in Wort und Bild. Deutsche Standards Editionen, Köln 2010, ISBN 978-3-86936-221-2, S. 45–50.
Further reading
- Kittelberger, Karl F. (1988). Lebkuchen und Aachener Printen - Geschichte eines höchst sonderbaren Gebäcks [Lebkuchen and Aachen Printen - History of a very strange type of pastry] (in German) (1 ed.). Aachen, Germany: ISBN 3-89124-069-4. (192 pages)
- Kittelberger, Karl F. (1991). Das Aachener Printenbuch - Auflösung ihrer rätselhaften Geschichte [The Aachen Printen book - Resolution of its mythological history] (in German) (1 ed.). Aachen, Germany: ISBN 3-89124-117-8. (102+2 pages) (NB. This book is a shortened issue of the same author's 1988 work, focusing on Printen.)
- Setzen, Werner (1996) [1985]. Aachener Printenbrevier [Aachen Printen brevier] (in German) (2 ed.). Aachen, Germany: ISBN 3-89124-328-6. (79+9 pages) (NB. A third edition was published in 2009.)
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