The Queen s pastry chef has revealed his gingerbread house recipe - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food The Queen s pastry chef has revealed his gingerbread house recipe By You Magazine - December 23, 2020 With all the spare time we currently have right now, making dream foodie creations has never been more appealing. With Christmas right around the corner, there’s still time to bake up a storm with a festive favourite, and there’s nothing more jolly and joyous than a gingerbread house. Luckily for us, the Queen’s pastry chef has just unveiled his gingerbread house recipe so we can create a biscuity abode fit for gingerbread royalty. Getty Images The Royal Family’s official Instagram account shared the recipe in a video on their page on Tuesday 22 December to their 8.5 million followers. The caption reads: ‘In the run up to Christmas, the chefs in the Royal kitchens have shared their recipe for making the perfect Gingerbread House. Follow our link in bio for the full recipe.’ ‘If you decide to make the house yourself, we’d love to see what you’ve made. Please share your creations using #RoyalGingerbread.’ View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Royal Family (@theroyalfamily) The full recipe is as follows, which has been made available by the Royal Family’s website. Enjoy! Gingerbread house recipe Gingerbread Dough Ingredients 1000g plain strong flour 14g bicarbonate of soda 28g ground ginger 14g ground cinnamon 355g butter, unsalted 500g light brown sugar 140g egg 175g golden syrup Method Mix flour, bicarbonate and spices together. Add cold diced butter and continue mixing until crumb stage is reached. Add sugar and briefly combine. Then add eggs and syrup and mix until dough is formed. Divide into 2 blocks, knead together by hand and flatten. Wrap and chill for a few hours before rolling to approx. 5mm thickness for the house parts and approx. 3mm for smaller decorative parts. Cut gingerbread house shapes using template. Place on baking trays and chill again before baking. For windows, crush boiled sweets into the spaces you have cut. Baking Fan oven 165c 18+ min for house pieces 12+ min for smaller pieces Getty Images Royal Icing Ingredients 1500g icing sugar 200g egg white 50g lemon juice Method Sieve icing sugar and combine with egg white and lemon juice by hand first before placing into mixer. Paddle together on low speed for about 2min, then scrape sides and paddle well. Continue mixing on low speed for approx. another 5min, until a creamy hard peak consistency is reached. For piping, decoration works loosen icing with some water. To assemble gingerbread house use hard peak icing. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved