There is an edible house in Beaumont but this is one house you can't buy. The Elegante Hotel is the owner of one impressive gingerbread house.
The chefs at the Elegante created the culinary work of art. It took 172 cook-hours to complete.
The list of ingredients:
- 953 pieces of gingerbread
- 100 lbs of powdered sugar
- 20 lbs egg whites
- 40 lbs of chocolate
- 8 sq. ft. of gelatin sheets
- 20 lbs of peanut brittle
- 40 lollipops
- 1632 oatmeal cookies
- 5 lbs of Jolly Ranchers
- 1008 Jelly Fruit Candies
The gingerbread house is on display in the lobby during this holiday season. Free taste tests are available. Want to make your own gingerbread house for the holiday but not one quite so large. Texas Cooking.com has a more manageable size recipe. Gingerbread houses have long been a holiday treat. History traces the first gingerbread treats back to the medieval crusaders who brought home the ingredients from the middle east.
To find the Elegante click the google map location. The address is 2355 I-10 S. Stop by and check out one really yummy house that can't be bought but can be eaten.
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