Baci di Dama

Name: Baci di Dama
Yield: Makes about 35
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: about 100 g (3½ oz) dark unsweetened chocolate; 180 g (6¼ oz) butter, at room temperature; 180 g (6¼ oz) blanched almonds; 180 g (6¼ oz) sugar; 200 g (7 oz/1⅓ cups) plain (all-purpose) flour

Preparation info

Makes about
35

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Limoncello and Linen Water

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2012

About

Also known as Lady’s or Dame’s kisses, many places in Italy have these wonderfully crisp biscuits, sandwiched together with a layer of dark chocolate. What could possibly be wrong with that?

Ingredients

180 g (6¼ oz) blanched almonds
180 g (6¼

Europe
Italy
Mediterranean
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Toast the nuts lightly in a dry frying pan, taking care not to burn them. Cool a bit, then grind with a tablespoon or so of the sugar. Cream the remaining sugar and butter using electric beaters. Add the flour and then the nuts, mixing by hand now to incorporate. Put in the fridge for a while so the dough is easier to work with.

Preheat the oven to