Wednesday 23 December 2009

Chocolate and Almond Biscotti


These are so yummy, can be squidgy on the inside and crunchy on the outside or crisp and crunchy all the way through for dunking into strong espresso. Yummers.

I'm a fan of under-cooking these, they end up not unlike brownie but with a munchiness....

Mix together 200g Plain Flour, 60g Cocoa, 150g Caster Sugar, 60g Dark Choc (either grated or blitzed to a chunky powder), 3/4 tsp Baking Powder, 1/2 tsp Salt, 1 tsp Vanilla Extract, 100g Blanched Almonds, 3 Med Eggs. This will make a craggy stiff dough. Don't over mix- craggy is good (the ones in the picture have been too mixed and look too neat on their crust). Roll this roughly into two sausages, glaze with 1 Egg Yolk mixed with 1 tbsp Milk, and bake at gas 4 for 25mins.

Allow to cool a little before cutting into slices (thick slices will make a brownie-ish texture, thinner slices will make a crunchier product). Lay the slices out on a baking tray and dry out a little more (roughly 15mins at gas 3 turning once).

I've drizzled these with a little melted white choc for a bit of extra razmatazz- yet another Scoffin Filler brought to you from the Hungry Kitchen.

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