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Berbere-esque eggs with red kachumbari

25 minutes

Sweet potato

Speculaas cookies

20 minutes

Speculaas cookies

Serves 8

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 30 minutes, plus 30 minutes’ chilling time

Cooking Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

260 g flour
140 g Muscovado sugar
140 g butter, diced
4 T milk
2 t ground cinnamon
1 t ground cloves
1 t ground nutmeg
2 t ground ginger
1⁄2 t salt
chocolate, melted, to decorate

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Combine all ingredients in an electric mixer until a dough has formed. Shape into a ball and wrap in clingwrap. Chill for 30 minutes.

2. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 5 mm and use cookie cutters to cut out gingerbread men and women. Bake on a tray lined with baking paper for 20 minutes, or until golden brown and crisp. Once cooled, dip the legs and hands into melted chocolate. To make gingerbread houses, double the batch and cut out houses using a ruler.

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