Biscotti with Cranberries and Pistachios

Name: Biscotti with Cranberries and Pistachios
Yield: Makes about 50
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 tsp baking powder; 200 g caster sugar; 250 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting; icing sugar, for dusting; 150 g shelled pistachios; 150 g dried cranberries; 2 eggs

Preparation info

Makes about
50

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How To Eat In

By Adam Byatt

Published 2010

About

We serve these traditional Italian after-dinner biscuits with coffee at the restaurant.

Feel free to vary the fruits and nuts as you like. My favourite combination is cranberries and pistachios, but other delicious choices would be apricots and almonds or raisins and hazelnuts.

Ingredients

250 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
200 g caster sugar
2

Europe
Italy
Dinner
Vegetarian
Cookies
Mediterranean

Method

Preparation

Brush a large baking sheet with oil.

Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6.

Mix the flour, sugar and baking powder in a bowl. Add the eggs and whisk with an electric mixer unt