This week's KTVB Chef Lou Recipe!

Buttermilk Gingerbread

Ingredients

1 cup Molasses

6 tablespoons butter

1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons ground ginger

½ teaspoon salt

1 egg

½ cup buttermilk

Method

Preheat oven to 325.

Heat the molasses with the butter until butter melts. Add the baking soda and beat hard. Mix together the flour, ginger, and salt. Pour onto the syrup mixture. Beat to a smooth consistency, then add the egg and buttermilk. Pour into a greased 8 x 12 dish and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven, then cool. Remove from pan and slice as needed.

Optional Lemon sauce:
4 teaspoons cornstarch
Few grains salt
1/4 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups boiling water
2 teaspoons butter
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Method:
Combine cornstarch, salt and sugar in a small saucepan. Slowly stir boiling water into the sugar mixture. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the sauce is smooth and thickened. Cover and cook over very low heat or over boiling water in a double boiler, stirring occasionally, until no raw starch taste remains, about 5 to 7 minutes.

Remove from heat and stir in butter and lemon rind and juice.