Pardubický perník

Pardubický perník is a baked pastry product made in the city of Pardubice and the municipality of Spojil in the Czech Republic since the 16th century, but the production really took off in the 20th century. It is a decorated gingerbread product made in two varieties. One is a filled product where the filling is placed between two pieces of gingerbread and coated with sugar or chocolate, and the second variety are gingerbread figures cut in various two or three-dimensional shapes such as hearts, stars, animals, cars, boxes, sledges or Christmas trees, and coated with sugar or fat glaze. Both products are made from wheat flour, eggs, sugar, honey, jam, cocoa and gingerbread mixture - including cloves, coriander, cinnamon, allspice and aniseed. The gingerbread products make a great sweet gift and are commonly bought for special occasions such as Easter, St. Valentine's Day, St. Nicholas Day, Christmas and New Year's Eve.