Italian Chocolate Almond Biscuits

Name: Italian Chocolate Almond Biscuits
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Makes about 48
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 75 g (3 oz) plain chocolate butter for greasing; 1 egg white; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 100 g (3½ oz) vanilla caster sugar; a pinch of salt; 250 g (8 oz) plain flour plus extra for dusting; 125 g (4 oz) unblanched almonds

Preparation info

Makes about
48

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

In Northern Italy these crunchy very dry biscuits are served accompanied by a glass of Vin Santo. The biscuits are dunked in the sweet wine which softens and flavours them beautifully. If you can’t find a Vin Santo try serving them with a Sauternes for an unusual dessert.

Ingredients

125 g (4 oz) unblanched almonds
250 g (8

Europe
Italy
Mediterranean
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Oven temperatures Gas Mark 5/190°C/375°F

Gas Mark 1/140°C/275°F

Preheat the oven to the first setting. Lightly toast the almonds in the oven for about 10 minutes. Leave the oven on. When they have cooled chop half of the nuts very coarsely and set aside. Finely g