Recipe: Black sugar Anzac biscuits

April 25 in Australia and New Zealand was Anzac Day, a commemoration of the pricey 1915 seaside touchdown in Gallipoli, Turkey, throughout World Battle I. Even immediately, folks discuss of the occasion as a key consider each international locations beginning to see themselves as distinct from the bigger British Empire.

One easy option to mark the day is to make biscuits just like these despatched to troops or utilized in fundraising. “Anzacs” are a sugary cookie, the elements for which had been nonetheless accessible throughout wartime rationing — they don’t include eggs, for instance. Most significantly, they journey and final properly, excellent for transporting midway world wide (although they’ll hold simply as properly if the farthest they go is the again of your pantry).

For my recipe, kuromitsu (brown sugar syrup) replaces golden syrup, and two kinds of cane sugar add depth and make for a barely softer cookie. You may assume that the development of including umami or spice to sweets, popularized by Milk Bar’s Cristina Tosi, is the newest fad in baking. There’s proof, although, that it has been happening in Japan for greater than half a century. The moreish unagi pie is a Hamamatsu delicacy that folds powdered eel and sugar into crunchy, laminated pastry for that refined further one thing you possibly can’t fairly put your finger on. On this recipe, including a splash of (optionally available) dashi and darker sugar does the identical. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary and serve with tea.