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The Leipziger Lerche is a pastry of Leipzig. The name originates from the coveted delicacy popular in the Leipzig area until the 1870s. The dish used the actual songbird lark (German: Lerche), which was roasted with herbs and eggs and served as a filling in a pastry crust. In the year 1720 alone, 400,000 larks were sold in Leipzig for consumption.[1]

Leipziger Lerche

Type	Pastry
Place of origin	Germany
Region or state	Leipzig
Main ingredients	Shortcrust, almonds, nuts, one cherry
Cookbook: Leipziger Lerche   Media: Leipziger Lerche

The hunting of the songbirds was officially banned by the saxonian King Albert I in 1876 after recognition of their agricultural importance.[2] According to the Vienna Appetit-Lexikon, larks were still exported from Leipzig until the end of the 19th century.[3] Today's pastry replaced the traditional meat-filled pastry after the ban.[4] The local pastry chefs are credited for helping to preserve the larks by creating the new, sweet version of Leipziger Lerche shortly after the hunting ban was imposed.[5]

Today's version consists of a shortcrust filled with a mixture of crushed almonds, nuts and a cherry. The cherry symbolises the heart of the bird. It is topped with a grid of two crossed dough strips. The term Leipziger Lerche has been protected by the Saxonian Bakery Guild since 1998.[6]

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На других языках

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- [en] Leipziger Lerche

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[ru] Лейпцигские жаворонки

«Лейпцигские жаворонки» (нем. Leipziger Lerche) — знаменитые в Германии миндальные пирожные из Лейпцига. Выпекаются из песочного теста с добавлением миндаля и других орехов и с клубничным конфитюром. Каждое пирожное украшается двумя перекрещивающимися ленточками из теста. «Лейпцигских жаворонков» подают в старинном лейпцигском кафе «Цум арабишен кофе баум».

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