ChefWide

[vixenbabe]

I'm going to go out on a limb here...I take it you're a chef, right?

HELP!

I need an easy, good recipe for icing a gingerbread house. The kind of icing that will stick a gingerbread house 2-gether really well! Bit of Quickcrete the trick?

Last year I tried to make a gingerbread house. Nooo problem with the gingerbread. I had one hellva time with the icing though. It would not keep the house 2-gether for love nor money. I'm not doing something right with the icing! Any ideas?

Anyhoo, can ya help so this year's house does not look like slumlord Richardo owns my lil girl's gingerbread house?

Keeping the ole fingers crossed that you're Pastry Chef Mesnier, and not the chef from the Muppet show!

 

[WODIN]

Your boobs are crushing the roof top when you bend over.

 

[ChefWide]

I'm going to go out on a limb here...I take it you're a chef, right?

HELP!

I need an easy, good recipe for icing a gingerbread house. The kind of icing that will stick a gingerbread house 2-gether really well! Bit of Quickcrete the trick?

Last year I tried to make a gingerbread house. Nooo problem with the gingerbread. I had one hellva time with the icing though. It would not keep the house 2-gether for love nor money. I'm not doing something right with the icing! Any ideas?

Anyhoo, can ya help so this year's house does not look like slumlord Richardo owns my lil girl's gingerbread house?

Keeping the ole fingers crossed that you're Pastry Chef Mesnier, and not the chef from the Muppet show!

QUICK! go here

Best Christmas cookie book EVER. Rose has a FANTASTIC gingerbread house in there with plans for the whole thing, stained glass windows made from sour balls, the whole 99 yards. You will prolly want to scale it down a bit, but all her recipes are right on the money.

And your friends will freak because the cookies are so good. I was in the studio when the images were made (bro is the photographer for most of her books) and the recipe testing was to die for.

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If you just need a cement recipe, its Royal Icing that does the trick. I like to use plain white chocolate, but it can be a bitch to work with. Here is the quick and dirty method:

3 large egg whites
4 cups powdered sugar

beat slow til sugar is moistened, then fast til very glossy and stiff.

If you dont want white 'cement' add color as needed BEFORE beating.

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[ohashi]

LOL at WODIN.

 

[vixenbabe]

[email protected] ass! I like it though! Spank me more!

THANK YOU, CHEFWIDE! THANK YOU THANK YOU!

I hope I'm able to give ya some green gingerbread lovin again!

 

[The Ranger]

Jesus Christ Vix....After looking at that avatar, I know damn well where I'd put that icing, and definately how I'd get it off again....

Nice pic babe...<wink>


Ranger

 

[Y_lifter]

As well as enjoying the boobage, I'll also help out vix

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/spe..._ffgingerbread/famf199612_ffgingerbread4.html

 

[Y_lifter]

All the recipes I find are about the same..

Ingredients:
3 large egg whites,
room temperature
4 3/4 cups confectioner's sugar
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar






Icing:

Prepare icing just before decorating pieces. In large bowl with mixer at low speed, beat 1 pound confectioner’s sugar, 3 egg whites and 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar until blended. Beat at high speed, scraping sides frequently, 7 to 10 minutes or until knife drawn through mixture leaves a path. Keep covered with damp cloth at all times.






3 egg whites (dried or pasteurized will allow you to eat the icing)
3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 pound confectioners' sugar

Beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until frothy -- about 5 minutes. Beat in the sugar. Add food coloring if desired. Makes enough for one gingerbread house.

* Note: We would add more sugar, making it a thicker icing. We found it to be a bit thin and the items slid off the buildings. We held them in place until the icing dried a bit. Also, the houses are much easier to build if you have a box of some sort to attach the graham crackers to. At home, we used small,

 

[The Ranger]

I can gare-un-tee I could whip out some icing that I can assure you would hold that house together for eternity....heh heh heh.....Just need a little motivation there Vix baby...<evil snicker>


Ranger

 

[ChefWide]

Beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until frothy -- about 5 minutes. Beat in the sugar. Add food coloring if desired. Makes enough for one gingerbread house.
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The idea of using the Frothing method is absolutely required if you plan on piping the frosting, of if you are intending to do any hanging trellis' or lace work, but if you are really just looking for quickcrete, the all-at-once method works fine.

Also, you can omit the creme of tartar (not cream at all really, but tartaric acid, a by-product of the wine making industry) unless you are going the merringue method, as it is used just to stabilise the whites and help to prevent overwhipping.

 

[Y_lifter]

The idea of using the Frothing method is absolutely required if you plan on piping the frosting, of if you are intending to do any hanging trellis' or lace work, but if you are really just looking for quickcrete, the all-at-once method works fine.

Also, you can omit the creme of tartar (not cream at all really, but tartaric acid, a by-product of the wine making industry) unless you are going the merringue method, as it is used just to stabilise the whites and help to prevent overwhipping.

You'd make someone a good wife someday CW...

 

[ChefWide]

Barefoot in the kitchen in boxers and an apron RIGHT NOW doing a Dotted Swiss for a friends Vow Renewal party. I know, 'scary' doesnt even approach adequate.

 

[The Ranger]

It would be better if it was a cake made in the image of a Guillotine.


Ranger

Heh heh heh....J/K my man...I love to cook as well.

 

[sh4dowf4lcon]

It would be better if it was a cake made in the image of a Guillotine.


Ranger

Heh heh heh....J/K my man...I love to cook as well.

Just dont start prancing around in an apron and boxers old man...heh heh heh

 

[ChefWide]

When I prance, watch the fuck out.

 

[vixenbabe]

LOL!

Thanks for all the great recipes ideas gents!

Ranger....Grrrr!