Ricciarelli

Name: Ricciarelli
Yield: Makes 20-25
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 300 g whole almonds; 225 g caster sugar; Zest of ½ a lemon; 2 large egg whites; A few drops of good-quality vanilla extract; A few drops of almond extract; Icing sugar, for dusting

Preparation info

Makes
20-25

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mark Hix on Baking

By Mark Hix

Published 2012

About

These are those delicious little biscuits that you commonly see piled up in cafés around Italy, especially in Siena. Like most little biscuits, these are great to just have around to enjoy with tea or coffee, or to take to work as a snack.

Ingredients

300 g whole almonds
225 g caster sugar
Zest of ½

Europe
Italy
Siena
Snack
Gluten-free
Cookies
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/gas mark 3.

Place the almonds on a tray and roast them for about 15 minutes or so, turning every so often, u