How to bake biscotti (italian almond biscuits)
Biscotti or cantuccini di Prato and 'vino santo (traslates holy wine)is a famous desert in Tuscuny region in italy. The delicious crisp biscotti are dipped in sweet desert wine that is served along
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In one ball measure flour, corn meal, salt, baking soda, and almonds coarsely chopped. In another ball put eggs vanilla and extract, beat briefly.make a well in the flour and mix. Add butter
Knead a bit and leave in the fridge 1/2 hr. Then form two logs. Put on a tray flatten and bake 25mins. Take out and let cool completely. Cut with a bread knife put them on the tray cut side down.
Dry in an oven 120C 20mins on each side
Ingredients: flour, sugar, cornmeal, almonds, eggs and butter
Flavorings and additives: vanilla extract, almond extract, salt and baking soda
Grill slightly the almonds. They are going to toast more during the baking
Mix salt and baking soda with the flour
Add the cornmeal
Add the sugar
Put 1 Tsp vanilla extract + 1/4 Tsp almond extract over the 2 eggs
Beat them together slightly
And add over the four mixture
Add the butter and gather the dough
Chop the almonds. Add to the dough
Transfer to a flour dusted surface. It is a very sticky dough.
Form a ball and divide in half
Form 2 logs put them on a baking tray lined wit a parchment paper. Flatten the logs to have around 2 cm thickness
Bake for 20-25 mins in a preheated oven 175C
Out of the oven. Let cool at least 30 mins. The cut into strips of 1 cm large. Put back on the baking tray and rebake at 120C 20 mins on each side.
- 260.0g Flour 260g
- 35.0g Cornmeal
- 180.0g Almonds whole with skin slightly toasted
- 150.0g Sugar 150
- 1.0tsp Baking soda 1 Tsp
- 1/4g Salt 1/4 Tsp
- 130.0g 2 eggs large
- 1.0tsp Vanilla 1tsp
- 1/4tsp Bitter Almond extract
- 1.0 Lemon zest
- 55.0g Butter 55 g melted and room temp
- 170/25 mins then 120/20-20