Anicini di Orvieto

Name: Anicini di Orvieto (Orvieto Aniseed Biscuits)
Yield: Makes approximately 20 biscuits
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 100 ml (3½ fl oz) white wine, preferably sweet; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) white wine, preferably sweet; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) olive oil; 1 teaspoon fennel seeds; ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 2 teaspoons anise; 75 g (3 oz) caster sugar; 150 g (5 oz) plain white flour

Orvieto Aniseed Biscuits

Preparation info

Makes approximately
20
biscuits

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio's Italian Feast

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 1996

About

I wanted to recreate this recipe after having seen and tasted these biscuits in a very fine delicatessen in Orvieto. They are good dipped in a dessert wine, as they do locally, or simply eaten as a biscuit. Since they are made with olive oil instead of butter, they are suitable for people who cannot eat dairy products.

Ingredients

100 ml (3½ fl oz) olive oil
100 ml (3½

Europe
Italy
Orvieto
Cookies
Vegan
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F/Gas Mark 2. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.

Put the oil, wine and sugar in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Then fold in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices.

Place teaspoons of the mixture onto the baking tray, spacing them wel