Antonio Carluccio, Priscilla Carluccio

Amaretti

Almond Biscuits

Preparation info
  • Makes

    40

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000Carluccio's Complete Italian Food
Carluccio's Complete Italian Food

By Antonio Carluccio and Priscilla Carluccio

Published 1997

  • About

There are two versions of these famous little almond biscuits. One is for soft amaretti and the other, this recipe, for dry and crumbly ones.

Ingredients

  • 275 g (10 oz) sweet almonds
  • 30 g (1

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/gas 7. Reduce the sweet and bitter almonds to a coarse flour either with a pestle and mortar or in a food processor. Gradually incorporate the icing sugar and egg whites until you obtain a firm mixture. Roll this with your hands to a sausage shape about