Chocolate, Ginger, Macadamia and Chilli Biscuits

Name: Chocolate, Ginger, Macadamia and Chilli Biscuits
Yield: Makes 30
Ingredients: pinch salt; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 30 g (1 oz) cornflour; 130 g (4 ⅓ oz) flour; 80 g (2 ½ oz) candied ginger, chopped; 100 g (3 ½ oz) macadamia nuts, halved; 100 g (3 ½ oz) chocolate, in chunks; ½ fresh red chilli, finely sliced; 1 egg; 120 g (4 oz) demerara sugar; 125 g (4 ¼ oz) unsalted butter

Preparation info

Makes
30

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A World in My Kitchen

By Peter Gordon

Published 2003

About

Chocolate and ginger go well together, ginger and chilli go well together — do chilli and chocolate? I think they can.

Ingredients

125 g (4 ¼ oz) unsalted butter
120 g (4

Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Line two baking trays with baking paper. Blend butter, sugar, egg and chilli in a food processor until creamy. Add flours, baking soda and salt and mix to form a dough. Tip the dough into a bowl and stir in chocolate, nuts and half the ginger. Di