Biscotti (or cantuccini)
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Recipe type: Bakery
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 400 g sugar
- 4 eggs + 1 for greasing
- 1 packet (7 grams) baking powder
- 650 g flour
- 500 g unpeeled almonds
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 packet vanilla sugar
- Lemon zest
- 100 g butter (room temperature)
- 50 g honey
Instructions
- Sift the flour in a bowl, mix well with baking powder, make a well in the center, and break in 4 eggs (one by one). Knead the dough with a wooden spoon or hands.
- Add the butter, sugar, lemon zest, and mix well.
- Then add vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt, honey, and mix well again.
- Finally add almonds, stir again, and transfer the batter on the working surface.
- Knead the dough until elastic, then fold it into a ball (the dough will be very dense).
- Divide the dough ball into 6 pieces. Form each piece into a roll.
- Carefully place the biscotti rolls onto baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk the egg with a fork and generously grease the dough rolls with it.
- Put the sheets into preheated to 180 ° C oven for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, allow a little cool, cut loaves bread knife to not thin slices and lay the slices up the trays. Remove from the oven and, when it is cool enough to handle, cut into slices. Place the slices cut side up back onto the baking sheets.
- Bake it for another 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Notes
You can use any nuts.
You can add any dried fruits.
All the ingredients should be at room temperature.
You can reduce the quantity of the sugar if desired.
You can add any dried fruits.
All the ingredients should be at room temperature.
You can reduce the quantity of the sugar if desired.
Recipe by Food'n'chef at https://old.foodnchef.com/kak-prinimaet-gostej-fud-fotograf-i-recept-biskotti/