Biscotti di Vino

Name: Biscotti di Vino (Crisp Wine Biscuits)
Ingredients: 6 tbsp muscat wine, port, sherry or full-bodied dry red table wine; 3–4 oz / 85–110 g plain flour for kneading and rolling out; 1 lb / 455 g plain flour; 1 tsp salt; 5 oz / 140 g caster sugar; 6 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp baking powder; 6 tbsp muscat wine, port, sherry or full-bodied dry red table wine; 6 tbsp muscat wine, port, sherry or full-bodied dry red table wine

Crisp Wine Biscuits

Preparation info

Makes
10–12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

About

A food processor makes short work of this recipe; first mix the dry ingredients and then add the liquid. It makes a rather soft, pasty dough. And if you use red wine, the dough turns an alarming and unappetizing blue-grey. This changes on baking to a nice warm brown.

Ingredients

1 lb / 455 g plain flour
5 oz / 140

Cookies
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the dry ingredients together into a bowl. Make a hollow in the centre, and pour in the oil and wine. Mix thoroughly and knead lightly on a floured worktop until smooth. Break off a walnut-sized piece of dough, and roll it into a rope about 4 in /10