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{%FIRSTNAME%}! It's Isabela Zimri, bringing you the third edition of Ravishing Recipes! Can you believe how fast time flies? It's already May! We're almost halfway through the year! :0 How was your April? Ate anything good? Well, if you do want to eat something delicious, you've come to the right place! Every edition of Ravishing Recipes, I will share recipes for food and drinks you can see in the shops on the site! Do you want to know how to make food in the wizarding world? Are you hungry? Keep reading and you'll find out how to make...
 

Ginger Newts

 

This soft, yummy food is seen in Madam Jolin's Diner in the Village.
Fun Fact: Professor McGonagall offered Harry Potter ginger newts after he shouted at Professor Umbridge!

Here's the site I got the recipe from, check it out if you'd like to see additional information about making these, including alternatives for a few of the ingredients if they're not available at home. Ooh, and the total time it takes to make ginger newt biscuits is less than 45 minutes!

Ingredients:

• 350 grams (about 2 3/4 cup and 2 1/2 tablespoon + a bit more to flour the surface) all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 4 ounces cold unsalted butter, cut into small dices
• zest of 1 orange
• 175 grams (about 3/4 cup and 2 tablespoons tightly packed) brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons golden syrup (please check out the website for tips on substituting golden syrup)
• 1 beaten large egg
• Turbinado sugar, to top (optional)

Instructions:

1. Line 2 baking half sheets with parchment and reserve to the side.
2. Combine and evenly mix the flour, baking soda, spices, and salt in a large bowl.
3. Work on the butter with your fingertips until the mixture is gravelly, like breadcrumbs.
4. Add the brown sugar, golden syrup, and the beaten egg and stir with a spoon. Oonce the mixture is semi-combined, it's best to combine the rest by hand until it's a smooth dough. It'll seem like you need a bit more liquid at first, but it'll come together as you keep working it.
5. Lightly flour your rolling surface and your rolling pin, then roll the dough out to 1/4-inch. The ginger newts will have their hard as a nut snap, but if you wouldn't like that, you can use a thicker dough. Cut the newts with a biscuit/cookie cutter (there's a section on the website linked above called “Baking Various Shapes and Sizes of Biscuits” for tips on baking time and ways to keep the dough from sticking to the cutters!) and transfer to the reserved baking sheets. You could even sprinkle it with turbinado sugar if you'd like!
6. Chill the cut newts in the fridge for 20 minutes minimum so the biscuits maintain their shape. It would be best to preheat the oven to 350 degrees F or 180C once you do that!
7. Once chilled, bake for 13 minutes or until you see their color becoming a golden brown. When the 13 minutes is over, let the ginger newts cool as this will allow them to harden, and in the end, you'll be given their signature snap!

Have I mentioned that you can use this recipe not only to make ginger newt biscuits, but your house crest or a heart, or even the most random things like a bike? You can use other cookie cutters aside from a lizard one so that you could the shape enough you want! Have fun making the biscuit and I hope you find it delicious!

⚠ Important Disclaimer: ⚠ Try your best to not burn your kitchen! If you do, note that it is not my fault as there are no instructions to fall asleep or watch Harry Potter while making this.

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We've already reached the end of the third edition of my blog! I would love to read your comments and thoughts on this edition and the ginger newts! If you have any suggestions, don't hesitate to leave them in a owl directed to me! Make sure to answer QOTM in the comments and I'll see you next month with another edition of Ravishing Recipes! Enjoy the rest of your May!

  written by

Isabela Zimri